Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 3 | Gable is honest enough to acknowledge that there 's some truth in the saying that no publicity is bad publicity : ‘ The cynical and worldly part of me tells me it 's been wonderful because the production must be the most talked about in 20 years of dance . |
| 4 | AMERICANS will tell you anything , says Michael Palin , and half of me believes him . |
| 5 | One of them gets his timing wrong . |
| 6 | Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom . |
| 7 | So with that if one of them goes you just have to buy that as an element just slot it it comes it 's like a light bulb . |
| 8 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 9 | This eclectic mixture soon wins him a following amongst the rest of the neighbourhood 's equally disturbed teenagers but when one of them takes his exhortations to action a little too far and kills himself , the authorities move in . |
| 10 | Each has its proper sphere , but in course of time each of them extends its jurisdiction , so that the same matters may often be dealt with indifferently by any one of them . |
| 11 | But now one of them catches my eye because I recognize the handwriting . |
| 12 | It is generally characteristic of arms races , including human ones , that although all would be better off if none of them escalated , so long as one of them escalates none can afford not to . |
| 13 | ‘ Can they be so hideous in appearance the mere sight of them drives you mad ? ’ |
| 14 | Besides , the only people who live beyond here are that Elizabeth and the farmer , and neither of them strikes me as the riotous type . ’ |
| 15 | One of them turns her tired beam on us . |
| 16 | The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss . |
| 17 | He says ; Once one of them says we will go with him then they will all go because they will stick together but I was very suprised with the ammount of people that go . |
| 18 | Four British Muslims freed by Saddam Hussein from captivity in Iraq , have just arrived back in England , the wife of one of them says she 's overjoyed at the news . |
| 19 | he says , he says I 've put ten pounds ' worth of petrol in the car every week and there 's not one of them says there 's a couple of pound towards the petrol or nowt |
| 20 | But if either of them imagines they can force my hand , they much mistake the matter ! |
| 21 | Now one of them seizes me , and it is n't a man , it 's an octopus with claws — it holds me in its tentacles , its talons dig into my flesh and my blood drips out through the holes in my flesh and my blood is n't red human blood , it 's black like tar , like drops of liquid evil … |
| 22 | One of them kisses me as if I had won a prize for the most amusing and far-fetched story of the evening . |
| 23 | One of them shares his thoughts with his companions . |
| 24 | But the possibility of them convinces me that his discretion to refuse is not absolute or unfettered . |
| 25 | There are arguments for all possible positions , but none of them convinces us for long ( see chapters 1 and 5 ) . |
| 26 | They know which boy each of them has her eye on , and if there is any clash of interest , they will deal with it in advance , too . |
| 27 | Only one of them has his phone number in Marbella . |
| 28 | If , on the other hand , I am in my early twenties and my parents are in their forties and one of them dies I will grieve in the same way , but am likely to be taken unawares and be unprepared . |
| 29 | said the encyclical Immortale Dei ( 1885 ) , ‘ in as much as none of them contains anything contrary to Catholic doctrine , and all of them are capable , if wisely and justly managed , of ensuring the welfare of the State . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , we spoke to at least half a dozen members of his firm and none of them knows anything about a shipment of cocaine , ’ Hitch announced . |