Example sentences of "with [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After thirty years the memory which abides with me of the Suez episode that began with Egypt 's nationalisation of the Canal on 26 July 1956 is of complete bewilderment and the sense of watching an unintelligible drama It was not surprise that Egypt had appropriated the Canal . |
| 2 | ‘ The memory will always be with me of those lads ' faces , even though at the time I was only twenty years old myself , to see them sat on the floor of the aircraft , and some of the trying to negotiate the main spar , and the cheers and tears when we came over the white cliffs of England . |
| 3 | I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it . |
| 4 | I have n't no , I never bring them with me of course . |
| 5 | The assessment commonly takes as its main form one or more visits to the client and clarificatory discussion with them of the reasons why a service is being sought and of the implications of providing it . |
| 6 | They were concerned least the Shah should think that they were rebuking him for comparing him unfavourably with them of steel . |
| 7 | Well yes we had you could see on some of them , they did n't want much to turn them on , you know there was two or three there and they they took some others with them of course then did n't they , you know . |
| 8 | As they drove north the landscape became more rugged , with hills , and great outcrops of rock which reminded Ruth of home , though the Manhattan hills were gentler , with nothing of the size of steepness or the Yorkshire fells . |
| 9 | He got into position ‘ A ’ with everyone of his second shots that day , and that 's the name of the game at Birkdale . |
| 10 | It has , however , become the habit to assume that Central Office is of little importance immediately after an election and to give the chairman 's job to some minor figure in the party , replacing him later with someone of greater stature . |
| 11 | Only once in this period did he sleep with someone of his age , and on this occasion he chose someone who looked almost exactly like himself . |
| 12 | Second , the court held that marriage as an institution is , by definition , the association of someone of the male sex with someone of the female sex , gender having no relevance . |
| 13 | By watching and sailing with someone of a higher standard , you can pick up small points about better positioning and the way they approach a manoeuvre . |
| 14 | Little wonder , really , that right now the two of them are looking for the time of their life with someone of their own age . |
| 15 | In the absence of an analysis of heterosexism , heterosexuals can ( and do ) reduce our gayness or lesbianism to just living with someone of the same sex , thus enabling them to remove the possibility of challenge from our relationships with them . |
| 16 | At an effective level , the one at which I made it possible for Jean-Claude to work uninterruptedly , I felt both the benefits of a com-panionable relationship with someone of whom I was , in many ways , admiring , and a sense of my own worth : I was useful to him . |
| 17 | She was impressed that her daughter was out with someone of the eminence of Michael Banks . |
| 18 | When you decide to get married , fix yourself up with someone of the old school , not one of those feminist flibbertigibbets of the kind Jim and I have landed ourselves with — undomesticated , never there , eyes set on further career mountains to be climbed . |
| 19 | When he arrived he got talking with someone of about his age , who had also run away from home . |
| 20 | Now do the same with your shoulders and experiment with which of the positions feels most comfortable . |
| 21 | Patients may find it difficult to come to terms with which of their friends , co-workers and employers did , or did not , communicate with them during hospitalisation . |
| 22 | Nor did he dismiss it outright , though he said that my first duty should be to my family , with which of course I concurred . |
| 23 | The poor drainage that results can be helped significantly by digging in shovelfuls of sharp , pea-sized fruit , together with plenty of well-rotted organic manure or compost . |
| 24 | Rejoin the circuit with plenty of height , remembering to lower the main wheel if it is retractable . |
| 25 | The main thing is to shift your centre of gravity forwards behind the punch , so that it is delivered with plenty of power . |
| 26 | ‘ And a singer , and a clown with plenty of good stories to tell folk while he wheedles out their money . |
| 27 | Given a clear run , with plenty of other values , they would almost certainly have played in 3NT , but if an adversary has overcalled in that suit they will be apprehensive of the no-trump game in case there are five immediate losers . |
| 28 | Though it travels through some wonderful hill country the Way is n't a tough route — much of it follows level footpaths with plenty of riverside walking . |
| 29 | Geoffrey Fisher wrote a last school report which in later years became legendary : ‘ A boy with plenty of force of character who , in spite of certain uncouthnesses , has done good service on his own lines ’ . |
| 30 | Lacock good on the deep , fast glides with plenty of roach , chub and dace . |