Example sentences of "of [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Herein lies a big problem for managers who must take steps to ensure that everyone understands the need for involvement — To this end a series of seminars and talks should be arranged in order to explain the issue , seek ideas and the commitment of everyone to meeting the challenge .
2 ‘ He has gone from being totally subdued and unsure of everyone to playing games , just as we used to .
3 Beryl welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her on behalf of everyone for finding time in her busy life to attend our training days and for the interest she always shows in all we do .
4 We look forward to the close co-operation of everyone in maintaining them .
5 ‘ Dr Neil , ’ she said , and her manner was almost shy , ‘ I hope you do not think the less of me for raising such a delicate matter . ’
6 He had n't the truth out of me for going on three days .
7 I do n't know why women like to taunt me , but they seem to grow fonder of me by doing so .
8 " Maybe , but they wo n't get rid of me by making me clasp hands with you .
9 The Midland might have persevered with Crocker , but by then the bank had been so bruised by its American adventure that it could think of nothing but leaving .
10 He could think of nothing but disguising himself and rushing her on a dark night .
11 I could think of nothing except going to London and finding my way among its tall buildings studded with lights .
12 Six Hampdens were lost , three of them through running out of fuel on the return .
13 The Government is currently reviewing all the laboratories to identify how best to build on the progress made by each of them towards becoming more commercial and cost-conscious organisations .
14 And being pregnant seemed to shock some of them into giving .
15 And lot 's of them of stopped that
16 some of them of failed , and if they fail you have to pay so much .
17 And they go on holiday and they 're not supposed to , you know , they neither of them of told their boyfriend they go in this club and one of them , the married one , starts dancing with this man and like he , he thinks cos she 's dancing with him she likes him but she 's just having fun .
18 The Leeds players are in search of some away form motivated by a warning from coach Mick Hennigan , who this week accused some of them of becoming ‘ celebrities ’ after the title win last April .
19 ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence .
20 Most of them on finding their symptoms gone see little point in either remembering their daily dose or for that matter paying out money for more medicine when they feel well .
21 The first of them is the group thank you to all of them for assisting the panel sometimes working on the computing .
22 Still hats off to the both of them for agreeing to work as shop assistants for the day to raise money for AIDS charity , the Terrence Higgins Trust .
23 ‘ Each of my sisters — one of them without realising it — were used as emotional weapons against me to get what he wanted in the way of sex .
24 the green , I can , I , he 's says to buy four of them without thinking about it cos they 're so nice and that 's really the thing that we do n't do when we go to Basingstoke we start going around saying well which one shall I have , but they said that you have n't looked at it like I 've looked at those and you looked at yours because that oatmeal colour will be very , very handy for erm sticking with anything and everything
25 Fortunately she was unaware how often in future years she would resent John 's making decisions which involved both of them without consulting her .
26 Of course some of them like doing one job more than others ; I 've got one gardener who likes doing nothing else but cutting grass — well , he 's quite welcome to do that because the rest of us are not fussy .
27 Aeneas Coffey married Sussana Logie in 1808 and their four sons all entered the business , three of them after studying at Trinity College , Dublin .
28 But the protesters were oumumbered and at the end of an hour they had been thrown out , some of them after suffering enough physical damage to require a visit to the casualty department of Hammersmith hospital .
29 Bingeing can be seen as a way of ‘ stuffing away ’ feelings and then getting rid of them by vomiting .
30 4.8 Section 2(4) of the Law Reform ( Personal Injuries ) Act 1948 ( see Appendix C ) provides that in an action for damages for personal injuries there shall be disregarded , in determining the reasonableness of any expenses , the possibility of avoiding those expenses or part of them by taking advantage of facilities available in the National Health Service .
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