Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ Ellis papers in National Library of Wales , Aberystwyth , along with papers there of D. Lloyd George , D. R. Daniel , J. Herbert Lewis , Stuart Rendel , and Ellis Griffith ; A. J. Ellis ( ed . ) , |
| 2 | National Power was 5p off at 330p ahead of its final figures on Thursday . |
| 3 | I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time . |
| 4 | Mr Howard dismissed the French and German threat to press on with unity ahead of the rest of Europe . |
| 5 | That is a child who has grown up with books instead of wallpaper . |
| 6 | He said to one of his chaplains that Ramsey spent too much time theologizing up in York instead of tackling problems practically . |
| 7 | I was really glad to be going out with Mary instead of Mum ; I do n't think Mary had ever asked if she could take me with her before . |
| 8 | And I would have got it together if I 'd had time had gone out to work instead of for days on end being unemployed and sitting and telling me about Karen . |
| 9 | ‘ He should be allowed back to Ireland instead of having to hide . |
| 10 | ‘ Take a good rest ’ — well the heart was back to pounding instead of its previous maniacal thump , so time to press on . |
| 11 | A recent study carried out by Management Today of the top 250 performing companies , highlights Rentokil at No. 46 . |
| 12 | That so much of the Rio Maas was opened out by sandschooner instead of by plane and caterpillar truck was probably exactly for that reason : because it was a distinctly more perilous way of going about it . |