Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a question many mothers ask as they receive their dead children home from wars , mountain tops and London lavatories where they died of an overdose . |
| 2 | They can discharge a journeyman from service without his master 's content ; they can advance their wages , and in many instances , prevent the master taking more apprentices than they approve of , and such a number , as the nature of the work requires . |
| 3 | Private indigenous entrepreneurs in Nigeria are still to cultivate the discipline of conserving more than they consume of their trade surplus and of re-investing such surpluses to expand the firm . |
| 4 | To cite O'Neill again , ‘ Some House members said they saw more of ( Reagan ) during his first four months in office than they saw of Jimmy Carter during his entire four years … . |
| 5 | Now he wore only the bottom half of pyjamas , thin cotton ones that clung to him , revealing more than they concealed of his strong muscular body . |
| 6 | She blames the manufacturers for the poor design of the container : probably deliberate , she reflects , probably calculated to make people splurge out far more than they need of the stuff . |
| 7 | The airmail letters which he exchanges with his liberal friends in England tell a worse story of them than they do of him , and hark back in fine style to that golden time when such friends used to kneel in London mosques with Michael X and other celebrities , squinting up at the Heavyweight Champion of the World 's effulgent arse . |
| 8 | But accountability and care no more have to be the absolute precondition , the ever-present animating ethic , of sexual relations , homosexual or otherwise , than they do of any other kind except in the obvious sense that care of some kind is the precondition of almost any shared social activity . |
| 9 | The group least represented in proportion to its population , Sinhalese Buddhists , accounted for an even smaller proportion of sergeants than they did of the force as a whole . |
| 10 | Once they talked of it in the village shop , the whole village would know by nightfall . |
| 11 | If one considers hierarchical assemblies in general , their evolution from their constituents is far more likely if they consist of relatively stable sub-assemblies which themselves are evolutionary products of an earlier period . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell you what , I 'll ring around some of my old university friends if you like and see if they know of anywhere . |
| 13 | Next , go to see the local planning officer and the building control officer and ask them if they know of anything that might affect the house , and show them your list . |
| 14 | Try to be as enthusiastic as possible ( enthusiasm is catching ! ) and take the names of everyone who came and ask them if they know of any other Christians to invite to the next meeting . |
| 15 | As equipment becomes more expensive and more teachers are taking private classes it would be greatly appreciated if teachers would let Jean Parmiter know if they have any equipment for sale or to loan or if they know of any evening institute which might be wishing to dispose of some . |
| 16 | Having said nothing about the er the charity erm erm the meeting on erm the meetings four times a year and we 're quite but there are some available for erm people erm and particularly to erm we agreed a list of people who wished to give them Christmas gifts , cash but I 'm sure they would help and and erm the names of people who who might need help er are always welcome so if I could just erm erm ask people to let me know if they know of anyone financial help . |
| 17 | A wealth of new prospects can be obtained simply by asking satisfied customers if they know of anyone who may have a need for the kinds of products or services being sold . |
| 18 | Multinational chemical companies complained that many chemicals imported into Hong Kong were exported again ; manufacturers protested that they would be penalised , even if they disposed of their chemicals responsibly . |
| 19 | maybe , maybe , people could just be thinking or , you know if they hear of somebody who might be able to come and give a talk like your friend who , who was very good , erm , you know , we could make a note of it and , or ask people , you know , could talk to talk or something that sort . |
| 20 | They make a fucking day out of it if they hear of a prang as nasty as this . ’ |
| 21 | Thus , if they said of a group of red objects simply ‘ red ’ , their answer is taken to be unsatisfactory because ‘ we are not told what is red ’ . |
| 22 | Like the immortal ‘ Old Bill ’ in Bruce Bairns father 's First World War cartoon of the trenches , the patient British urged their neighbours that if they knew of ‘ a better'ole ’ they should go to it . |
| 23 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 24 | They were proud to be in the show but terrified that their parents would send for them if they knew of such blatant nudity . |
| 25 | ‘ I wonder if they knew of the plan . ’ |
| 26 | And so would ten thousand others be if they knew of this … what can we call it ? |
| 27 | Anything they did not eat went to waste : nothing was recycled or left for the servants , though Nicolae 's beloved dogs got scraps , if they tired of their imported frozen meat . |
| 28 | It was a relief when others came , others who took no notice of her but , if they thought of her at all , must think her as seasoned a traveller as they . |
| 29 | Once and if they learnt of what was going on in their own backgardens , they may change their views . |
| 30 | Animals willingly submit to being killed if they approve of the hunter or his actions . |