Example sentences of "[vb past] of [pos pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eadberht abdicated of his own accord in 758 , handing the kingdom over to his son , Oswulf , and becoming a cleric at York ( where he died in 768 ) , but Oswulf was killed within the year by his own household in 759 near the unidentified settlement of Methel Wongtun and replaced by Aethelwald Moll , who is likely to have been associated with those who were responsible for Oswulf 's murder ; nor did Eadberht 's descendants recover royal power for twenty years . |
| 2 | In the end Frank and I met of our own volition . |
| 3 | After the hearing Elizabeth Lamplugh told of her own ordeal . |
| 4 | He told of his own difficulties in finding time to read all the variable essays submitted and knew of many that were never sent in at all . |
| 5 | " He came of his own accord . " |
| 6 | ‘ I came of my own will , ’ said Harry abruptly . |
| 7 | There was quite a social calendar to keep me occupied if I ever tired of my own company . |
| 8 | He claimed one Bf109 shot down , but recorded of his own aircraft in his logbook : ‘ Left me with one strand of rudder wire . ’ |
| 9 | But the fight broke of its own accord . |
| 10 | But it was all the proof she needed of her own vulnerability where he was concerned . |
| 11 | Charles Wilson , the MGN managing director , said Mr Campbell ‘ resigned , he decided of his own volition , and left ’ . |
| 12 | Then , perhaps with some thought of her own Christmas to be spent partly with the Queen at Sandringham she added : ‘ The lonely , the confused and the simply unloved , who need your help more than ever . ’ |
| 13 | As she limped into the farmhouse behind Seb , Carrie thought of her own words . |
| 14 | She thought of her own son amongst the crowd today . |
| 15 | He thought of his own longing for it and of the dream she must have too . |
| 16 | He thought of his own parents , blissfully happy together until seven years ago when his father had died suddenly of an unsuspected heart condition , just before their silver wedding anniversary . |
| 17 | Then he thought of his own death , of his own funeral . |
| 18 | Freud held a natural scientific position vis-à-vis psychology , and thought of his own theory in psychoanalysis as capable of being stated in terms of a mechanistic model of energy-flows which could be measured quantitatively . |
| 19 | getting increasingly frustrated on the subject of other things , pelican crossings and that I 've been concerned to hear since I 've I 've been requested this question and er it was briefly reported in the Cambridge evening news last night that they they 've had almost continuous telephone calls today complaining erm which shows the public as I thought of my own experience er are very concerned about this and would like to erm first of all bring it to the council 's attention and do regard as serious and ask the chair if there is a proper investigation will be made into the way the council handles this subject . |
| 20 | It came to me that my mother was proud of her friendship with this high-spirited outcast , and I felt resentment as I thought of my own upbringing , of the fuss when my school reports were n't all that my mother would have wished , of the scene when once I had sworn . |
| 21 | I was not ill , but nearly died of my own neglect , I believe the medical profession and the National Health Service share some of the blame . |
| 22 | Fresh molten amber must be added subsequently to the shaved toes to replenish what was taken — unless , unless the amber grew of its own accord like veritable flesh due to the miraculous proximity of those bones . |
| 23 | A kitten , deprived of its own mother and reared by people , may fail to learn to purr or miaow . |
| 24 | We decided we would n't mention her till you did of your own accord . |
| 25 | He spoke of his own need for forgiveness first . |
| 26 | It had n't been easy at first ; he was n't her father and all she remembered of her own father was blows and shouting . |
| 27 | To her full credit , she left of her own accord saying , ‘ I 'm not doing anything , it 's time I move on . ’ |
| 28 | MacDonald claims he left of his own choice , but ca n't remember the details . |
| 29 | Professor Lacey left of his own accord and was thanked for his valuable contribution . |
| 30 | Oh , he left of his own accord ? |