Example sentences of "of [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 The short answer was that when I was working as inspector of taxes I used to give these talks , I was required to give talks .
2 And if p is false then no matter how sure I am of p I do not know it .
3 By way of correction I can offer only the thought that the word comprimat in the third line of Musae Jovis is a jussive subjunctive ( ‘ let … crush ’ ) , not an indicative ( ‘ crushes ’ ) .
4 ‘ I know from the messages of support I have received from those in the arts world and elsewhere how much your leadership , interest and enthusiasm will be missed .
5 In my 14 years of support I finally got to come close to her in 1991 at Wimbledon when she took time out to meet her fans .
6 In relation to all the major types of support I have considered — the sharing of households , the giving or lending of money , the provision of practical support — the principle that support is most likely to be given if the advantage is mutual , or if there is a clear expectation that assistance will be given in return , is a prominent feature .
7 This continuity has practical as well as expressive value , because it facilitates the organic style of change I mentioned a moment ago as a practical advantage .
8 For a number of reasons I can not accept Mill 's answer to the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’
9 Yes , I 've always , I 've always understood , understood more recently the reason why that there would always seemed to be enough prisoners , when we know there really must be enough prisoners throughout the world is that the betting procedure and they 're making quite sure they 're the right people takes time and money and effort , erm , that 's part and also there are some areas of the world now , where , where there are n't as many prisoners as there were , there are very few , there are very few prisoners of conscience in Latin America because they do n't put them in prison they just get rid of them , they just disappear and there are practically , practically none from Latin America countries , cos of these , these disappearances rather than being put in prison , erm , but it 's a sort of combination of reasons I think but er quite a long time now , ten , fifteen years I think groups have only had one prisoner , whereas when I first joined and Ann 's there , we had three did n't we at one time ?
10 Cos I was asking , for a number of reasons I was asking for floor plans for our , you see .
11 Now erm just just by way of look I 'll just interrupt this slightly I 'll come back to it in a second .
12 It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham .
13 was saying the overall winner was Lucinda Murray on Just Jeremy , and er he first asked her over er a glass of champagne I believe , celebrating her twenty-fifth birthday with a party on Friday , er was that beneficial to success ?
14 reveals the fruit in ripeness , when the floss inside is ready to be plucked , as soft as the lock of hair I keep with me always from your dear golden head .
15 Kind of but a cross between the ringlets you do and the ringlets that I had and the type of hair I 've got .
16 I can swear to every pie I have swallowed , to every cup of sack I have gulped , to the few good women I have met and , thankfully , to every bad woman I have slept with .
17 and it was exact amount of coins I had in my pocket !
18 What happens in the Celebration is of Election is that the erm it happens at the end of mass I think or round the end of mass .
19 Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs .
20 ‘ If you will only accept the offer of payment I made to you earlier , then the rest of the debt will be paid very shortly . ’
21 I drank fears like wormwood , yea , made myself drunken with bitterness ; for my ever-shaping and distrustful mind still mingled gall-drops , till out of the cup of hope I almost poisoned myself with despair …
22 And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder .
23 ‘ For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears ; not that ye should be grieved , but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you ’ ( 2 Corinthians , 2:4 ) .
24 I think it was his fourth , but as I had been a child during this proliferation of fiancées I was n't certain .
25 All that needs to happen , in between , is this moment of horror I mentioned .
26 I ca n't tell you the terrible sense of horror I had .
27 If the Headmaster walks in and there 's a bit of chaos I can tell him why it 's a mess and it does n't bother me .
28 ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved .
29 In between snatches of prayer I cursed , using every filthy word I knew , until that bloody barge was heading straight back to the bank .
30 After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again
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