Example sentences of "of [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Captain Goldsborough , looking rather dangerous and disreputable the ladies were all saying — fascinating in fact — in a long , dark driving-cape with a black fur lining , had a word or two to whisper in Linnet's — ear , although he did rather more whispering , Gemma noticed , to the Amazonian Mrs Covington-Pym of whom her mother was so terribly afraid . |
| 2 | Their violently anticlerical tone , occasionally stooping to scurrilous abuse , provoked sharp replies from churchmen , some of whom themselves descended to the level of personal insults , mostly on the score of Cocks 's diminutive size and renowned eccentricity . |
| 3 | They included three vicars , of whom one doubled up as an architect ; a doctor who was also a horse-breeder ; a barrister ; a master builder ; five shopkeepers ; a smallholder and packman ; and — by far the largest group — ten farmers . |
| 4 | The planning directors of eight companies were contacted , of whom one declined to be interviewed on the grounds that his company did not use environmental scanning . |
| 5 | Being examined by half a dozen people , half of whom one has known extremely well , is what Margaret Mead , the anthropologist , would have termed a ‘ bizarre group situation ’ . |
| 6 | Soon , my brother and I knew , it must separate us , and we lived these last months together in the mutual kindness that ( I hope and imagine ) commonly exists between deeply attached people of whom one has been condemned by the doctors — but we might both be condemned . |
| 7 | One boy was dead and four were injured of whom one died a year later . |
| 8 | It was Scots who had invented the steam engine , tarmacadam , the telephone , the Dunlop tyre , chloroform , Listerine , penicillin , television ; Scots who had risen to command foreign armies and navies and whose courage as kilted soldiers in the First World War had led the Germans to dub them ‘ the ladies from hell ’ ; Scots , of whom one had helped to found the Bank of England , who had made Edinburgh into one of the great financial centres of Europe ; Scots who had provided Westminster with more than her share of British Prime Ministers ; Scots who with only a tenth of the population of Britain , had yet supplied England with one fifth of her professional classes . |
| 9 | If the reason for resorting to war had traditionally been to achieve territorial conquests , to obtain markets and raw materials , or to overthrow leaders of whom one did not approve , then the events of the First World War offered a corrective . |
| 10 | Six left handers were operated on the right hemisphere of whom one was affected by stimulation and also showed aphasia post-operatively . |
| 11 | An analysis of 49 of these showed that 18 had fathers who were lawyers , 16 had fathers of other professions ( churchmen , doctors , teachers , architects , soldiers ) ; 12 fathers were in business ( of whom one was working-class ) , and 3 fathers were farmers or land-owners . |
| 12 | , Elizabeth ( 1769–1831 ) , slavery abolitionist , was born in Leicester in December 1769 , the eldest daughter and second child in the family of two girls and three boys ( of whom one died young ) of dissenting parents . |
| 13 | In 1827 he married Eleanor , daughter of George Lowrey of Ulverston , Lancashire : they had one son and four daughters , of whom one died young . |
| 14 | Tenure of office and superannuation of members 2. — ( 1 ) The Funding Council shall consist of not less than twelve nor more than fifteen members appointed by the Secretary of State , of whom one shall be so appointed as chairman . |
| 15 | The Board currently comprises four executive Directors ( six from 1 April 1993 ) and six non-executive Directors ( of whom one is an executive of a related company ) , and is responsible to shareholders for the proper management of the Group . |
| 16 | This has nothing to do with how policemen look nor even of never having heard of a bunch called James , who are apparently big stars , have their name emblazoned all over a chic t-shirt and of whom one had never heard till yesterday . |
| 17 | Had the Governor delegated these four seats to independent politicians , and more specifically , politicians who despised Williams , of whom their were many , the likely outcome would be parliamentary stalemate . |
| 18 | This alone testifies to the passions that the war aroused among non-Spanish contemporaries , for many of whom its significance went well beyond Spain itself . |
| 19 | Unfortunately their first action was to ask those already within the system of whom they should make enquiries . |
| 20 | Who were these actors and actresses of whom they spoke ? |
| 21 | Alongside , it grew other patterns of pastoral care and supervision , based upon organization by years , with year-tutors often moving up through the school with the pupils , at least some of whom they could teach on a regular basis . |
| 22 | They arrive early and leave late , have formed excellent relationships with pupils ( most of whom they know by name ) , staff and kitchen staff . |
| 23 | How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard ? |
| 24 | The shipowner had no relatives remaining in Iran , and none in France of whom they were aware . |
| 25 | Their group comprises Marseille , CSKA Moscow and Bruges , each of whom they will play on a home and away basis . |
| 26 | Beyond them are the also-rans , other disaffected characters , who were on the receiving end of tempting , exciting , ego-boosting telephone calls which were never subsequently followed up , from headhunters of whom they never heard anything again . |
| 27 | Smith devoted some space to explaining how , imbued with martial spirit , yeomen followed the lords of whom they held their land to war , serving on foot as archers . |
| 28 | If it is , this will make it much easier for the creative people : if they can not actually find a typical individual customer , they can at least get a reasonably good idea of whom they are trying to reach . |
| 29 | As for patients , most are satisfied by all aspects of emergency consultations with deputising service doctors , most of whom they do not know . |
| 30 | At Ellon , where the modern road forks right over the bridge on the A92 , and a pretty walk runs along by the river Ythan , the landlady of an inn where they breakfasted wished she had remembered to show to this great doctor ( of whom they had heard ) a child of hers with a chronic lump in his throat . |