Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend of mine visiting a hospital saw an elderly man wandering around and crying . |
| 2 | One of my had a house which was actually a shop previously , but it wa was on the back street , so his suggestion why do n't you go into business ? |
| 3 | The probability of my inviting a lightning strike in any particular minute is also very low . |
| 4 | In other words , having had a previous similar sensation is a logically necessary condition of my apprehending a sensation of white as such , on Mill 's version of the resemblance doctrine . |
| 5 | If she caught me now in the front hall she would waste a good ten minutes warning me that I was risking tuberculosis and a gastric ulcer by being too late to eat a proper meal quietly , and probably throw in the chances of my poisoning a patient with the wrong drug before the night was out through carelessness induced by my own lack of blood-sugar . |
| 6 | I waited , hoping for an opportune moment to discuss the possibility of my earning a little money . |
| 7 | It 's all part of my earning a living ! |
| 8 | If you will have it , yes , there were debts that did not permit of my marrying a penniless girl . |
| 9 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 10 | In addition , they suggested that the effectiveness of the annual accountant 's report in giving early warning of possible default could be re-examined in the light of the Law Society 's experience of those solicitors who had already been made subject to this requirement as a condition of their receiving a practising certificate . |
| 11 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 12 | Another way of putting it , and this may be the section 's true significance , is that the section provides the directors with a defence in the event of their making a decision that favours the employees at the shareholders ' expense . |
| 13 | The idea of their having a say in the running of a club appears to make officials recoil with horror . |
| 14 | Figures they gave us from surveys carried out for the Inter-Bank Research Organisation by the British Market Research Bureau confirmed this , but showed that people in social classes A , B and C1 are still twice as likely to have a bank account as people in social classes D and E , and that the higher someone 's income the greater is the likelihood of their having a bank account . |
| 15 | Discussion in the NCDAD raised the question of the possibility of its seeking a Charter , but also the possibility — some thought the spectre — ; of amalgamation between the NCDAD and the CNAA . |
| 16 | Now , in the run up to the general election , he is talking more modestly of its showing a ‘ progression in votes . ’ |
| 17 | The Governors declared their willingness to be flexible and co-operative with the Government 's ideas , but pointed out that , while the School was probably already comprehensive as regarded area and by virtue of its covering a fair cross-section of the population , it could not contribute to the particular concept ( by accepting the full range of abilities ) without destroying itself . |
| 18 | Anyway , as I see it now , if the authorities have got wind of her havin' a youngster , we 'll have some of them officials and the do-gooders comin' round , and it 'll be the workhouse in the end . ’ |
| 19 | There was no evidence of her having a psychiatric disorder , although it was clear that she had become somewhat withdrawn and had lost confidence in herself since the break-up of her relationship with her boyfriend . |
| 20 | He was , he said , overjoyed at the thought of her having a child . |
| 21 | Some woman journalist friend of his had a handicapped daughter and found she was entitled to virtually no help looking after her , whereas if she fostered someone else 's kid she got any number of handouts . |
| 22 | Section 743(5) states that in any case where an individual has for the purposes of s739 power to enjoy income of a person abroad by reason of his receiving a benefit from the trust ( hence giving rise to a tax charge under TA 1988 , s742(2) ( c ) ) , the individual shall be chargeable to income tax under s739 for the year of assessment in which the benefit is received . |
| 23 | And besides the coincidence of his getting a new handler , without explanation , right after the disaster , Coleman could not help remembering the schoolboy password routine he had been given on joining the DIA . |
| 24 | Paisley 's second prison term was the result of his organizing a blockade of Armagh to prevent a civil rights march . |
| 25 | But he was so much part of his time , even in the very attempt to withdraw from it , that there was no possibility of his creating a viable alternative to the society in which he lived and worked . |
| 26 | Despite opposition to the duality of his role and criticism of his creating a judgeship for his brother-in-law , Douglas presided over the steady growth of company and colony . |
| 27 | A crofter was defined in 1883 by the Napier Commission ( the first of several Royal Commissions on the subject ) as ‘ a small tenant of land with or without a lease , who finds in the cultivation of his holding a material proportion of his occupation , earnings and sustenance , and who pays rent directly to the proprietor ’ . |
| 28 | The prospect of his giving a dinner party for the Bishop of Medewich and the Earl of Medewich and Markham afforded him a very straightforward pleasure . |
| 29 | However , the tale seems to have followed him , because I gather some of his parishioners certainly thought he had deviant tendencies in spite of his having a wife and son . |
| 30 | The 73-year-old Bishop was ordained in February , 1969 , shortly before the silver jubilee of his becoming a priest . |