Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | O break instead our British wills of steel Cast out the traitor in our hearts , and slay The coward in our guts ; and turn , and kneel , And listen , and obey . |
| 2 | The different types of tenure marked out the leading characteristics of the different forms of land holding known to the law ; but they told us nothing of the nature and incidents of the various interests which those who held by these tenures might have in the land . |
| 3 | Neither the exactions of the Versailles Treaty nor the creation of a republican form of government rooted out the nationalist old guard or revolutionised the German social structure ; within 15 years , Germany was set on a course of revanche . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's a bit of history gone down the tubes , eh ? |
| 5 | In many cases it obviously would be and if there was any element of duress brought on the other contracting party under the modern development of this branch of the law the proposed breaker of the contract would not benefit . |