Example sentences of "of [det] [noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth jerked round , the sheer force of that voice turning her . |
| 2 | With even-handed ridicule , John Mortimer spends much of this novel making you laugh at both . |
| 3 | To prevent incidents of this nature recurring it was felt desirable to have the intricate boundary between the two manors properly staked out . |
| 4 | … the obligation [ entails ] two principal elements ; first , the existence of a relationship giving access , directly or indirectly , to information intended to be available only for a corporate purpose and not for the personal benefit of anyone , and second , the inherent , unfairness involved where a party takes advantage of such information knowing it is unavailable to those with whom he is dealing . |
| 5 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 6 | some of these kinds telling you about how they write a poem , if I was going |
| 7 | erm because they enjoyed the , there are a few funny lines in it you know and they enjoy the , the visual amatory of these people performing it , but to themselves to actually understand it they need to know which artist it was , yeah |
| 8 | And why I mention that is that the purpose of these people coming they are commercial they are coming here on a commercial basis . |
| 9 | There was a lock of Caroline 's hair to be cut , and plaster casts of her face and hands to be taken : ‘ I saw the great paws of those louts touching her and covering her face with plaster . |
| 10 | He thought of those legs gripping him , firm and yet caressing , sensual extensions of the stately pleasure-dome , sounds of silkily swishing physical delight heard in a mingled measure . |
| 11 | ‘ Is that right ? ’ he asked , one eyebrow lifted , the intense blue of those eyes asking her a different question entirely . |
| 12 | The cumulative mass fraction can be calculated by adding half the mass fraction W i of the i th fraction to the total mass fraction of those fractions preceding it , i.e. |
| 13 | Although the qualification was very much sought after in the beginning with the burgeoning of more centres running it up and down the country , the trainees soon realised that in spite of the skills they gained , the diploma was not recognised by the DES even as a first stage towards further accreditation . |
| 14 | I 'm not sure that we should talk in terms of any laws helping us to prevent violence in society . |
| 15 | An independent State is presumed to have all the territorial competencies of a sovereign State from the time of its emergence as a State , irrespective of the terms of any treaty bringing it into existence . |
| 16 | I would be distressed to hear of any ladies reading it , let alone a girl of your tender years and experience . |
| 17 | This is magical , and gives the rider of any horse wearing it a +20 bonus to all Ride tests . |
| 18 | The rules are still valid and the libretto of any ballet neglecting them often fails to hold the attention of its audience because the content has been weakened by too many irrelevances . |