Example sentences of "most of [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although subjected to heavy pressure from abolitionists , most of them on their own benches , the Labour Government had avoided giving any commitment on the future of the death penalty . |
| 2 | A massive effusion of poisonous gas from a volcanic lake kills 1,500 people , most of them in their sleep . |
| 3 | Terry Eagleton , the leading Marxist critic in England , has occupied most of them in his time . |
| 4 | There were many names for such a small village , and the old man remembered most of them from his childhood . |
| 5 | After about five minutes we went into the final check room where we stayed for what seemed ages , most of us in our pre-race trances now , nobody speaking , just moving about , staying loose . |
| 6 | ‘ I think most of us in our first tour had the impression that English conditions would be different from those in New Zealand . |
| 7 | Following the death , on 29 June 1523 , of Thomas Spring of Lavenham , ‘ the rich clothier ’ , his commercial empire had been dismantled , and his immense fortune , £3,200 net , dispersed among his heirs , most of it to his widow and daughter ; his son had already chosen to live as a gentleman and was duly taxed on £20 from lands in 1524 , and the firm ceased trading . |
| 8 | Majorca has it all , and with Club 18–30 you can see most of it at your own pace . |
| 9 | The voyage out was a lengthy one via the Cape of Good Hope , and by his own admission Stirling spent most of it in his cabin gambling at cards . |
| 10 | And a calculator , I have one of those , but I still do most of it from me head , that 's the old way . |