Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
| 2 | These could test and modify units designed at international workshops ( or by other centres ) or initiate work of their own and present it for international criticism , modification and subsequent diffusion to other countries . |
| 3 | ‘ We obviously want to continue to encourage young people to buy a home of their own and feel it makes a lot of sense . ’ |
| 4 | I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go . |
| 5 | In the cities a nascent proletariat was beginning to flex its muscles , forming short-lived illegal organizations of its own and staging its first major strikes . |
| 6 | She slid the cup into a pocket of her waterproof and raised her head . |
| 7 | He had tried to sleep , but the horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious and frightened him . |
| 8 | Left to themselves , the Romanians would have done little to immortalize the ‘ Epoch of Light ’ , but by devoting 30% of the national income to what was imaginatively described as ‘ investment ’ — mainly in unproductive prestige projects — Ceauşcscu was determined to transform the country into the image of his ideal and leave it irrevocably marked by his rule . |
| 9 | Hennessy brought a chair of his own and set it down some distance away . |
| 10 | Let's get this head of your x-rayed and see what 's going on . |