Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What followed can only be described as a wild west show , with representatives chasing it around the Norfolk showground , much tot he amusement of everyone in the vicinity . |
| 2 | you can a bit its sort of it , you know the pub on the other side |
| 3 | In so doing , he has enabled me to tell you of the matter — in the fervent hope that you will discover a means of informing the queen my mother of our case . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She 'd be coming to see how abysmally we are served , that she could inform the queen our mother of our situation . ’ |
| 5 | Always circulate after the meeting your understanding of what has been agreed , even if the other party does exactly the same . |
| 6 | Reflect back to the other person your interpretation of what they are saying and feeling . |
| 7 | If Philippe knew of — or even suspected — the existence of this story , this would have been adequate reason to abolish a powerful movement whose knowledge of it could give the descendants of the Merovingians excuse to usurp the throne , claiming direct lineage from Christ . |
| 8 | By custom they sat in private and not in court , and they were referred to as a domestic tribunal whatever part of their visitorial functions they were performing . |
| 9 | But in all seriousness what percentage of our problems are caused by hail , rain , wind , snow , blow , fire and earthquake ? |
| 10 | I am — was — a doctor , first-generation professional class ; as you see , there 's no moustache , though I have the military past which men of my age could n't avoid ; I live in Essex , most characterless and therefore most acceptable of the Home Counties ; whisky , not gin ; no tweed at all ; and no boating . |
| 11 | ‘ In either case it is important to realize that the anthropologist 's academic and cultural expectations determine in part his notions of what a rounded view of a way of life is . |
| 12 | There has been , I think has put it adequately very well , that there are members who 've turned up really for no real reason but to speak on a minor item which members of their group could 've taken on their behalf , and therefore erm , I , I do support that we need to look at that particular issue , and I think that can be dealt with under the present chairs arrange arrangement without having to have permanent chairs . |
| 13 | Michael Winner , however , suffers from a perennial misfortune : no matter which bit of his body he squeezes in , another bit is bulging out . |
| 14 | situation they sort of they sit back they think about and assimilate it . |
| 15 | I also asked Grand Met what percentage of its tenants had left the trade completely since the beer orders were introduced less than two years ago . |
| 16 | Griffin is right to the extent that we do entertain fantasies of inhabiting other ‘ skins ’ ( David Garnett 's Lady into Fox ( 1932 ) is a good example of the literary genre , although Kafka 's Metamorphosis ( 1961 ) is pre-eminent in casting the shadows of paradox involved in the attempt ) but the failure to achieve this does not in any way put at risk our understanding of what others say of their own or others ' consciousness . |
| 17 | As far as those artists go you must ask in each case what proportion of their careers were actually spent here and did their stay in America fundamentally affect their work ? |
| 18 | The way she sort of I do n't the way she sort of lead |
| 19 | In urging against the Aristotelian realists that ‘ general and universal , belong not to the real existence of things ; but are the inventions and creatures of the understanding ’ , he is , of course , reaffirming from a different angle his rejection of their ‘ forms ’ , and their talk of the possibility of there being ‘ real ’ definitions of things . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've no objection which part of it you want to explore , but I could strongly recommend the bedroom . |
| 21 | The IRA , and those who support them , having listened to the Secretary of State 's statement , will he tell the House what part of his statement will have driven fear into the terrorist 's heart ? |
| 22 | Will the Secretary of State tell the House what proportion of his Department 's projected minimum increase of 80 per cent . |