Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] of [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I approached OCLC , and sent them copies of randomly selected catalogue cards , and they have now prepared a costed proposal for retroconversion . |
| 2 | Well , I kind of rather felt sick and went away , because I thought er well . |
| 3 | What am I thinking of there ? |
| 4 | Secondly , there is the question I addressed in my research of how notions of child abuse are applied to particular cases . |
| 5 | I was n't naive enough to expect the goodies to win every time , but over the long-haul , and certainly in the last reel , I sort of weakly , vaguely , wetly assumed that things would come right . |
| 6 | And what I thought was happening , you see , was that , if you can imagine this kind of psychological or metaphysical equilibrium point that we all start from , then I , I sort of perceptually changed . |
| 7 | I mean , if I sort of just stay for a , for a while but er I 've still keep looking for work looking for a job cos I do wan na get away from B T. |
| 8 | And for years I sort of just dismissed it as a sort of thing I did in my past . |
| 9 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 10 | Actually , my friends at church , back home , used to call me erm , cos I , I sort of sometimes squeal when I get excited . |
| 11 | And that four years in rep , I sort of basically learn , I learnt the basics of the trade . |
| 12 | I got , oh I sort of like to use two and then cross out the wrong one . |
| 13 | He 's alright like that , last night , once he went to sleep I sort of like staying around in his room for a couple of minutes , but I , went and opened you know , sort , sorted the curtains out and |
| 14 | there was one time I dove in and I hurt my back , I sort of like keeled over , kicked well |
| 15 | and I sort of like walked out the door and went yeah I 've thought about it . |
| 16 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |
| 17 | I thought I 'll wait to , I sort of really , like the bathroom I want to it 's got the wallpaper starting to peel off . |
| 18 | I mean , it is different , I never used to like the loose tea , when I was younger , but now I I sort of really taste the difference . |
| 19 | Listen , too much has been going on in my head of late . |
| 20 | I have very little knowledge about why ordinary members joined , but my knowledge of why those people who later became ministers joined should be fairly representative of the core support . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , I can give no detailed physiological account of the ways in which my desire for coffee , and my knowledge of how to find the kitchen , boil a kettle , and so on , are actually represented . |
| 22 | You 're my ideal of how a man should be … ’ |
| 23 | Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . |
| 24 | This meant the knife ; bones were broken : what about my prospects of finally climbing Minus One Direct ? |
| 25 | My collection of over 2,000 cards , many of National Trust gardens , provides a useful historical record of how gardens have changed over the years in terms of layout and planting . |
| 26 | A self-uglifying expression of humility — plus an elaborate show of stealthiness which is as good as saying ‘ Yes , I am late — and please pay attention to my performance of humbly not wishing to be paid attention to ’ , i.e. Here 's me entering as unostentatiously as I know how — so you can see how much I regret my rudeness ! ’ |
| 27 | My sense of how to go on determined by the vividness of my imagination of what it will be like when done . |
| 28 | The discussion of culture in Raymond Williams ' ( 1983 ) Towards 2000 has been very important in my consideration of where Tyneside is going and where it may be made to go . |
| 29 | Further to my letter of yesterday , I now am able to send you your copy of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic computer tape , which has been prepared to your specifications . |
| 30 | Further to my letter of yesterday , I now am able to send you your copy of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic computer tape , which has been prepared to your specifications . |