Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They became great friends and when they did that film in Africa they had a 15-hundredweight truck behind them absolutely full of whisky that followed them everywhere they went .
2 She poured herself one last mouthful of whisky and tossed it back .
3 He drove his Volvo to a beauty spot last month , drank most of a bottle of whisky and gassed himself with fumes from the car 's exhaust .
4 One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off .
5 I snatched my miniature of whisky and lifted it towards the raised glasses at home , before stepping outside to watch those stars to the left of Polaris which would be blinking over Manchester .
6 He rushed home with his hot food , mixed a lemon and honey with a large dash of whisky and proceeded to open his parcel .
7 He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling .
8 Charles poured himself a large slug of whisky and downed it .
9 Cinzia brought them both large measures of whisky and sat down astride the wicker chair in front of the writing desk , facing him over the ridged wooden back .
10 Only the Sikh men seemed to have other things on their mind as , twirling their moustaches , they downed great tumblers of whisky and tried to lure the prettiest girls on to the dance floor .
11 He grabbed the nearest bottle of whisky and poured a measure into a glass , watching her over the rim .
12 Durrell took a slug of whisky and broke into an immediate ‘ I 'm not able to begin ‘ ta / praise the wondrous Araminta /I would like to say with flourish /what kind thoughts of her I nourish /A tangle though my thoughts get inta / describing love as Araminta ’ .
13 He was responsible for the exploitation of the mineral rights of the Crown — for example , for finding , mining and smelting iron in the forest of Chippenham and in the Forest of Dean and lead in the Forest of the Peak .
14 Liberal Democrat Peter Allen has accused his fellow candidates of mud-slinging and claims neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a vision of the future .
15 Depression now wrapped itself about her , making concentration difficult , while the thought of Silas holding Doreen in his arms brought a sudden flare of honesty that caused her to admit she was jealous .
16 The public interest would hardly suffer by the curtailment of temptations to give or accept credit which were likely to follow the abolition of so dubious a guarantee of honesty as furnished by the liability to imprisonment .
17 He began to sweat , a weird cold extrusion of moisture that began to trickle down his face .
18 The nights grew colder , but in the early morning the rising sun was caught a thousand times in the droplets of moisture that formed in the webs that spiders wove across the bars of Creggan 's cage .
19 Many sacks use texturised nylon fabrics with a sort of natural feel which can take up a certain amount of moisture but dry off quickly .
20 The greatest value of all such bulk matter , however , is not in the nutrient content , but in its effect on the soil structure , its retention of moisture and harbouring of the bacteria .
21 ‘ Big , Bold and Beautiful , ’ Alex said , ignoring this piece of egomania and looking at Helena .
22 The Forest Of Shadows encompasses most of the principality of Ostland and lies to the north of the Middle Mountains .
23 Their opponents have been through the mangle recently , going out of two cup competitions courtesy of Bangor and seeing their lead at the top of the table cut to a slender one point .
24 The need to finance the cost of unity and damp down its inflationary effect has pushed up German — and therefore European — interest rates and exacerbated recession .
25 What is the solution to these problems of unity and sustaining interest ? I think it can best be found by looking at the visual arts , and having myself once been an architect I would like to use an architectural illustration .
26 A lively tour of continental culture , seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future .
27 A lively tour of continental culture , seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future .
28 The movement of ions that depolarises part of the nerve cell membrane results in a potential difference between it and the part adjacent to it .
29 The candidature of two Whigs in tandem lost both the election , and in 1813 Creevey was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes and fined £100 .
30 His letters to Helen , in particular , uncover the head for business , the punctilious sense of irritable rightness , and the concomitant sudden bouts of self-distrust that marched alongside his desire for an extended life of idealized perfection , similar to the intense moments of joyful peace he had discovered for himself during walks .
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