Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little drop of whisky does you good . |
| 2 | Can a positive image of lesbianism promote it ? |
| 3 | The difficulties the administration encountered in enforcing the collection of taxes made it impossible for it to maintain a flow of funds to the king in Flanders , and Edward was now suffering the severest financial embarrassment . |
| 4 | As far as quality of play went it was probably the worst since I took over . ’ |
| 5 | The style of play suits him . |
| 6 | Now when you do this sort of assessment do you take into consideration the amount of money I have to pay to go and stay a night at a place like this ? |
| 7 | Figure 2 shows that as well as providing values of isotope shifts we can use RFS to measure the amount , or abundance , of a particular isotope in a sample . |
| 8 | She heard the key turn in the lock and a fear that was just short of primitive assailed her . |
| 9 | Graham was supported by Manchester City boss Peter Reid who said : ‘ Wright 's a quality player , the sort of striker to keep you on your toes . ’ |
| 10 | What inversion of values makes us to look upon such aberrations as though they were a reflection of natural laws ? |
| 11 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 12 | Lemos resigned on March 25 , allegedly in indignation at the failure of Barco to defend him against opposition charges . |
| 13 | If , however , the Chancellor was hoping for a variety of opinions to give him maximum freedom of manoeuvre in next month 's Budget , he will be only too happy with the report . |
| 14 | Sue Baker of Hammicks found it dull . |
| 15 | Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways . |
| 16 | On July 27 , 1989 , the Pakistani Minister of State for Finance , Ehsanul Haq Piracha , opening the third session of the Nepal-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission in Kathmandu , assured Nepal of support to help it overcome problems resulting from the trade blockade with India . |
| 17 | The rate of change makes it shudder on the branches of the trees where it stands to attention in its sterile , tightly packed commercial rows . |
| 18 | ‘ A couple of adjectives to describe him ? ’ |
| 19 | We have resisted the temptation to link up with any beauty product firm simply because we want our panel of experts to give you nothing but honest , impartial and wholly unbiased advice . |
| 20 | Now , centuries later , it had decided to invite a number of experts to advise it on cosmology . |
| 21 | Nobody 's listening but I insist : ‘ This fairness of skin obliges them to shield themselves so that if they do catch the sun they avoid the obvious danger of peeling . |
| 22 | So there 's lots of reasons to blow you out . |
| 23 | There 's plenty of products to help you beat the leaks and protect your outdoor gear |
| 24 | Which type of products do you use ? |
| 25 | If a gully is overflowing , try to unblock the grid using a length of stick to clean it out and rinse the gully clean |
| 26 | ‘ Easy — a stroke of genius hit me at the height of the bombing , General . |
| 27 | It was nearly dark when I woke up to the sound of Marcus calling me . |
| 28 | The light shining through her roughly heaped haycock of hair made it blaze so you might have thought you could warm your hands at it . |
| 29 | By shaving they have an aerodynamic advantage because the absence of hair helps them to go faster . |
| 30 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |