Example sentences of "[vb past] of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The labour cost of this work would be presented to the Camphill Building Fund as our gift/donation . |
| 2 | The capital cost of these projects is some £100m . |
| 3 | He stared at it a while , feeling hollow , emptied of all feeling , then looked away sharply , bitter with himself . |
| 4 | She sat facing me : calm , sympathetic , but at a distance I had no way of negotiating , as I listened dismayed to what she revealed of those islands , that lost continent . |
| 5 | One read of such crimes in deprived areas of inner cities , but … |
| 6 | yeah , but he was here the other Sunday and he , he , they were , he , he was reading my paper and he come back and he the following Sunday he said you have n't got last Sunday 's paper mum , I said I do n't know I might , oh I think I threw it out , anyway just happened to find it , it was something he read of some woman that were meddling on the pools and the , the , what she 'd used , you know and the |
| 7 | In an attempt to solve this problem , I have used the experience gained from an analysis I once made of some Playschool programmes on BBC2 , and brought along some assistance , in the form of Big Ted and Little Ted , who will play the two speaker roles , and to whom I shall give an oral and a nasal voice respectively . |
| 8 | This is a reasonable question often asked of all Radio 1 producers . |
| 9 | But why , they asked of each other , should a child like that be under the care of the rag woman ? |
| 10 | The little shed still smelled of those days when it had been used . |
| 11 | What became of most professionals after their brief sojourn in the game ? |
| 12 | As so often happens in the last years , his remaining family and oldest friends became of most importance to him . |
| 13 | In any case there was no time left to make his infusion before the assay : he left his blackthorn blossoms , cleansed of all thorns and husks , waiting in a clean vessel for his return , and covered from any floating particles of dust by a linen cloth . |
| 14 | Winchelsey learnt of this bull in December 1296 and published it in the assembly of January 1297 , called to consider the royal demand made in November on which they had deferred a decision . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that Cnut disposed of this threat , but where Holy River fits in is unclear . |
| 16 | Will the Minister ensure that his Department keeps me advised of all developments relating to that sad event ? |
| 17 | Mickie told of some problems in helicopters , such as the pull on the blades at the hub of a Bristol-built helicopter in flight was equal to the draw bar pull of three main line locomotives . |
| 18 | Though your story told of some doubt about their future together , the happy ending was written in their eyes . |
| 19 | Nothing came of this love , but it might have been more tactful , in the aftermath of Phoebe 's tragic death , for Thomson to have used pseudonyms . |
| 20 | In fact nothing came of this threat and there is no further reference to it . |
| 21 | There was much talk and many meetings but nothing came of this venture , then in May 1909 , the question of a bridge between Halling and Wouldham was again debated . |
| 22 | SO SOME GOOD CAME OF THIS PERIOD , THEN . |
| 23 | ( The city of Oxford in 1546 negotiated with Stumpe for a similar use of Osney Abbey , hoping to provide work for 2,000 people , but nothing came of this project . ) |
| 24 | It does seem though , that nothing came of these leases , and during 1749 upon request by Sir William Fleming , one John Lawson ( a Quaker ) sent up Joseph Vipone to see the mines at Coniston and for this Lawson paid him 12s. plus 4s. for a horse for four days . |
| 25 | To Nigel 's disappointment , nothing ever came of these pick-ups . |
| 26 | Although in theory Gow disapproved of all art later than 1500 except for Rembrandt , Velázquez , and , with some reservations , Rubens , he left to the Fitzwilliam Museum , of which he had been a syndic from 1934 to 1957 , twenty-four works by Degas and six each by Rodin and Forain . |
| 27 | One thing that struck me about this contraceptive suggestion was that it was being made by people who totally disapproved of all experimentation on animals . |
| 28 | Romero disapproved of this theology ; he did not believe that the way of Christ called anybody to overthrow governments . |
| 29 | He was glad that he had dismissed Palottino , although the Neapolitan had made it dear that he strongly disapproved of this mania for walking . |
| 30 | I half disapproved of these costumes , they made me feel uncomfortable , but at the same time I admired and envied her , she was so original and unconcerned . |