Example sentences of "of [pron] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realized the importance of kinship systems for the Indians and how for them most social relationships were seen in terms of who was the child of whom and who was married to whom . |
| 2 | Thus , true poetry is an entity to which the property POETRY truly applies , while Charlie 's old school is an entity such that the relation between it and the description CHARLIE 'S SCHOOL belongs to the time labelled by the word " old " , and a certain winner ( when not used with the indefinite sense ) is an entity of whom or which the description WINNER certainly holds ( or so the gambler hopes ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Whose ’ is a possessive pronoun ( or adjective ) meaning belonging to ( or in the case of the adj. , of whom or which ) . |
| 4 | I 'm a bit worried at some of what is saying here erm , which seems to me like wanting to er create bureaucratic structure within a parish that , charts , positioning of everyone and they should know therefore , I just do n't think is , that 's my personal view , I do n't think it 's the right approach at all to a parish . |
| 5 | He came rushing out of an alleyway just ahead of me but he did n't see me . |
| 6 | It was inappropriate of me but I have always been attracted to that kind of danger . |
| 7 | Calvin Smith came in ahead of me but I beat the Pole Marian Woronin , who had run third at the previous European . |
| 8 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 9 | In the past two weeks he has had to scrummage against Scotland 's World Cup looseheads , David Sole and David Milne : ‘ They certainly got the better of me but I like to think that I am learning all the time and that that will lead to my improvement ’ . |
| 10 | So he 's away to Kilkeel and I says getting engaged and he says to me do you want rid of me or something ? |
| 11 | You would be speaking of me or my friend Chatterton or one of the others . ’ |
| 12 | And he ca n't think too badly of me or he would n't of invited me back this year . |
| 13 | ‘ Be that as it may ’ — Miss Rene 's voice had a touch of admonition in it — ‘ as I 'm always telling you : betters do as betters do ; it 's no concern of me or you . ’ |
| 14 | You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here . |
| 15 | I thought it was Annie , and we 'd go home together and see Marie and they 'd both be proud of me and we could sit in front of the Christmas tree together and guess what the wrapped up presents were , and eat mince pies and all that . |
| 16 | It made him feel he wanted to punish the crowd and fired him to say , ‘ If this is what they think of me and what they think of Jacklin , I 'll make sure he never finishes in front of me again . ’ |
| 17 | Can I hope your shiver means you 're aware of me and what I have in mind for our entertainment tonight ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 19 | Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on . |
| 20 | I pretend Marie 's in front of me and I 'm brushing her hair like I used to . |
| 21 | The search had taken it out of me and I must have dozed off . |
| 22 | He eventually let go of me and I had to go the bottom of the baths and bring him to the surface , take him to the side and get him breathing again , and I was considered a failure for that . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid of dogs , but a rage the like of which I 'd never known before — and rarely since — took hold of me and I wanted to kill it , rip it limb from limb and tear at its throat with my teeth . |
| 24 | ‘ They wo n't see any less of me and I 'll always have a key to the house , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ I got the hell beat out of me and I 've been a Mexican ever since . ‘ |
| 26 | But after a bit my curiosity got the better of me and I spread my fingers slowly to peep through . |
| 27 | A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home . |
| 28 | For the first time ever , my pride got the better of me and I desperately looked round for some means of defending myself . |
| 29 | ‘ When he is standing in front of me and I know he is the person who has taken my daughter away — that is when it will be hard . |
| 30 | When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there . |