Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , infusion of PYX did not prevent bile inhibition of ileal motor activity . |
| 2 | a layer of mango lay above the guava . ) |
| 3 | Twenty minutes later , wearing her grey flannel trousers and mole-coloured jersey and with her hair casually tied back in a velvet ribbon , Julia walked into the salon , only to be brought up short by the sight of David staring blankly at a yellow form in his right hand , a tumbler of whisky ignored and tilting in his left . |
| 4 | A little drop of whisky does you good . |
| 5 | At which she reached for a bottle of whisky called Old Rarity . |
| 6 | See if we got that bottle of whisky got a bottle of Bells . |
| 7 | It is ridiculous that two-thirds of the cost of a bottle of whisky goes to the Treasury and the taxation rate is double that of imported wines . ’ |
| 8 | The tax meant that a bottle of whisky attracted taxes of up to 220% , the equivalent of Y 2,000 , or about $ 15.70 . |
| 9 | Another sip of whisky cleared his brow and restored his prevailing expression of geniality . |
| 10 | The percentage of whisky sold has been decreasing as the sale of vodkas and light rums has been rising . |
| 11 | I ca n't help but think , chairman , in my career I was never given a bottle of whisky to help with the |
| 12 | This includes an 18% rise in the value of whisky exports up to £177.6 million . |
| 13 | She fell back among her pillows , her widow 's veil a curling black crown behind her head ; one narrowly white-cuffed hand still held the glass of whisky erect — there was a magnificence in her yielding . |
| 14 | A businessman in the Forest of Dean says wandering sheep are fouling his factory and putting off potential customers . |
| 15 | Down on Sunset Strip , some weird friends of Dean cashed in on his death and began holding court , relating tales of the Jimmy they knew . |
| 16 | Mr Crowley and his wife , Sally , recently moved from a picturesque 300-year-old home near Coleford in the Forest of Dean to live in London with their children , Robin , ten , and Pearce , seven . |
| 17 | Councillors from the Forest of Dean came to visit the site at Tidenham Chase , before deciding whether or not to allow the travellers to stay there . |
| 18 | Roger Sanderson wants the Forest of Dean Commoners Association … a grouping of sheep farmers … to keep better control of their animals so they do n't stray onto the industrial estate and roads.The right to graze the Forest of Dean dates back thousands of years , and it 's jealously guarded by the commoners.They say its up to the businessmen to fence the sheep out if they 're proving troublesome : |
| 19 | Farmer Peter Smith and his wife Dulcie arrived at Coleford Magistrates Court in the Forest of Dean prepared to fight for their right to a home and a job . |
| 20 | Crown woods in the Forest of Dean acquired new importance as a profitable source of wood and timber , especially for sale to the ironworks . |
| 21 | By June 1318 the forest of Selwood in Wiltshire had been so much reduced in size that the warden 's farm of £10 a year could no longer be paid , and the Forest of Dean had been reduced by a quarter before the end of the reign . |
| 22 | By 1341 the Forest of Dean had been diminished by a quarter , and the warden 's farm was reduced from £160 to £120 . |
| 23 | In 1736 the Conservator and Supervisor of the Forest of Dean had reported to the Treasury , ‘ Within the last thirty years those Elections [ of Forest officers ] had been neglected , the Courts discontinued , and offenders left unpunished . ’ |
| 24 | The mile of shining water between him and the Forest of Dean had been devoid of a single ripple . |
| 25 | Les Wheeler , his wife Shirley and twin daughters Ceri and Amey from Pillowell in the Forest of Dean had to endure the full razzmatazz of the pools publicity machine before they found out exactly how much they 'd won . |
| 26 | But Brockweir school in the Forest of Dean did close , because of lack of support , although some parents are now petitioning the county council to sell it to them so it can re-open . |
| 27 | The Forest of Dean covers an area of 27,000 acres . |
| 28 | The Forest of Dean attracts thousands of visitors a year . |
| 29 | Now one of the Russian physiotherapists has come to their home in Lydbrook in the Forest of Dean to work intensively with Stephen . |
| 30 | Six months ago , pot-holders in the Forest of Dean complained underground caves were being polluted by old waste dumped in a mineshaft by Watkins Engineering at Sling . |