Example sentences of "of [noun pl] i [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I knew , when I was in , when we were at Donnington , living at Donnington , a couple of blokes I 've known there 's company sergeant majors and regimental sergeant majors in the Signals , I was walking through shed four , one day , I was doing , doing some mucking about with these folding boats for the RE 's |
| 2 | And there 's a couple of blokes I need to talk to , old mates who I can trust for a good turn , if and when I hear that you need it . |
| 3 | We 've still got er er a couple of calls I think to come before the end of er this morning 's programme on the subject of erm , I do n't know whether it 's life imprisonment or er on er on divorce . |
| 4 | I am encouraged that in the last few years the number of cyclists I see commuting to and in Edinburgh has increased . |
| 5 | I can honestly say that of the many hundreds of queries I have answered where fish were dead/unwell , probably less than 1% were suffering from disease caused by a pathogen ( causative organism ) , and about 5% from probable organic failure ( tumour , heart failure , and the like ) . |
| 6 | Teacher never had a moment 's peace with him , and I could n't count the number of times I 've seen him waiting outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 7 | ‘ You would n't believe the number of times I 've offered the beastly things a sugar lump and been nipped like billyo in return . ’ |
| 8 | Well I 've , the number of times I 've tried to paint it , paint it , it just does n't work , I 've even had those small cans you know |
| 9 | , oh god , oh that was a right old club , the , oh god , the number of times I 've got michaelled in there . |
| 10 | I have lost count of the number of times I have read quotes from manager Keith Fletcher saying that he was impressed at the speed his batsmen learned to play spin in India . |
| 11 | It is plain , from the number of times I have suggested depriving children of TV-viewing time as a sanction , that television is a powerful need in their life , and therefore a potent incentive in the disciplinary repertoire of parents . |
| 12 | Erm whilst I 've not been able to produce an audited er set of accounts I do have er a set of figures for you erm and as you said at the the beginning of your opening er speech Mr Chairman that erm we had one or two losses during the year , those er in actual fact did n't erm affect us in thi this particular financial year as they were aimed at the September December period , but therefore they will be reflected in next year 's figures not or in the current year 's figures or the next annual general meeting 's figures . |
| 13 | No , no I think it 's just that er , then your sorts of signs I think to indicate that , that was a no ball because it was , I 'm sure an unintentional er beamer and er , they still did well really to get a bit of back on here so . |
| 14 | I blush to say this , but the number of books I 've written is hovering around the seventy mark . |
| 15 | I mean I 've got some indications in er a couple of books I 've got in the car , er but erm again I 've not been asked that question you know , what 's the bullion return , things like that , it 's , it 's a little bit out of the ordinary , but you can find the figures . |
| 16 | Though the number of books I have read is pitiful I doubt whether I will find another book as good as this . |
| 17 | But it is so vindictively cold in this ill-lit room , and my alabaster hand aches so much from the thousands of words I have put down on this unhappy day , and my head still throbs , and my stomach is so empty , and my grief is so heavy , that I think it would be wise of me to break off at this point , this hinge , blow out the once again guttering candle and for the third time today go down the stone stairs to streets where it is always February . |
| 18 | Tho those sort of drinkers I think have erm almost disappeared in in large areas and subsequently , beer consumption has fallen . |
| 19 | The number of auditions I have taken and staffed with the familiar question ‘ what would you like to do ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got rather a big order , ’ she said , ‘ mostly for slippers but one or two pairs of shoes I have to make in French calf . ‘ |
| 21 | I 've got a lovely bunch of coconuts I 've got a lovely bunch of coconuts |
| 22 | There is no end to the types of functions I have worked at . |
| 23 | A number of articles I have read all seem to indicate that rail freight will decline , for example the report that French Railways might sue for damages because of loss of freight revenue ( The Times , 30 Jan . ) . |
| 24 | The kind of films I want to make in the future would be totally gay in sensibility , whatever that might mean , but totally about heterosexuals and aiming to seduce the general population . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ As you 'll see , it 's a great pile of belongings I have to carry with me , and the hare can travel easier inside than outside us . ’ |
| 26 | ( Confidingly ) Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the Rape of the Sabine Women — or rather woman , or rather Alfred — ( Over his shoulder ) Get your skirt on , Alfred — ( The BOY starts struggling into a female robe. ) … and for eight you can participate . |
| 27 | For a number of years I have done my best to present the ordination of women in the Anglican Communion to Orthodoxy and to Rome in terms of development rather than revolution . |
| 28 | ‘ It is something I have had to come to terms with because in the past couple of years I have had to fly hundreds of times . |
| 29 | She reminds me of marionettes I have seen . |
| 30 | Given the number of days I 've spent wandering around the rain-sodden Moelwyns cursing Gore-Tex , my delight at this garment is quite understandable . |