Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun pl] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have seen , he claims to have had glimpses only of absolute Truth and we have interpreted this to mean that he is often made aware of the need to live and act in accordance with certain ethical and religious principles and to travel in a certain spirit . |
| 2 | Erm now obviously I , I 've got details here of , of your Friends Provident policy , erm it 's , it 's on both your lives |
| 3 | They develop through well researched stages regardless of whether they are formal or informal . |
| 4 | you 've got gears instead of me . |
| 5 | There were rumours of anger among the grain farmers , who were being given IOUs instead of cash for their crops . |
| 6 | ‘ If Ally McCoist , Ian Durrant and Paul McStay had been born bambinos instead of bairns , they would all now be in the Italian first division and commanding the same prices . |
| 7 | Their finger tips were sensitive and had flattened nails instead of claws . |
| 8 | Earlier atomism had always involved atoms ultimately of the same stuff ; and in the nineteenth century ‘ physical atoms ’ , the real ultimate building-blocks of the world ( probably of very few different sorts ) were distinguished from Dalton 's ‘ chemical atoms ’ , the smallest units taking part in chemical changes . |
| 9 | Kitted out in old-fashioned sky -blue and navy quartered shirts instead of pinstripes , sequins and chevrons , Wycombe spurn modern methods of airborne football — as befits a disciple of Clough . |
| 10 | And you just think you know you like you 've put metres instead of centimetres on the |
| 11 | No action has been initiated or is being contemplated by the club , although Ben 's father , Roger , who is also chairman of SCRFC , has engaged solicitors independently of the rugby club to determine if there was any negligence responsible for his son 's injuries . |
| 12 | There were only ladders between the floors and , as he grasped the rungs , he saw again his aunt 's long trousered legs ahead of him disappearing into the chamber above . |
| 13 | I wondered why the best-off nation in the world should have chosen showers instead of baths . |
| 14 | And romance — although ideally , if she had been advising him as a florist , she would have suggested roses instead of the more exotic lilies and orchids he had chosen . |