Example sentences of "[to-vb] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The waitress looks at her pen , as if willing it to write of its own accord . |
| 2 | On page 40 you will find a list of who to inform of your change of address . |
| 3 | I could almost see him ticking me off the list of people to inform of his change of address . |
| 4 | It therefore seemed logical to press a little of every suitable plant in her garden and later to create a design from it that would remind her for many years to come of her treasured garden . |
| 5 | When I asked my mother what she was doing , she replied : ‘ I thought if nothing were to come of your relationships , I could cut them out of the photographs ! ’ |
| 6 | He has to come of his own free will . |
| 7 | Even if students were to conceive of their role in this way , the academic freedoms and the associated student ethic could not be maintained solely by the students . |
| 8 | This leads to problems when I try to conceive of my own knowing , believing or thinking in behaviourist terms . |
| 9 | On the other hand he would have a much enlarged Aquitaine , to be held in sovereignty , the ‘ perpetual liberty ’ which he had instructed the Black Prince to demand of his royal prisoner in 1357 , and which would remove at a stroke the threat of confiscation . |
| 10 | There is still much to discover of their even earlier history , and we hope that the crucial steps did not all take place in some site where fossils have little chance of preservation . |
| 11 | It 's important to know parents ' expectations of the school , to know of their dreams and ambitions for their children . |
| 12 | Besides , I do not wish Dorothea 's friend to know of my arrangements . |
| 13 | And sure enough , there her neighbour was , standing half dressed in his yard , with both fists clenched and raised to the skies as he demanded to know of his God why He had chosen to take his wife . |
| 14 | The requirement of knowledge in paragraph ( c ) is clearly of ‘ actual ’ rather than of constructive knowledge , though a person who ought to know of his animal 's vicious characteristics may , of course , still be liable for negligence . |
| 15 | Everyone associated with the game will know of the numerous titles won by Fred Daly , but possibly many will be interested to know of his achievements in The Open . |
| 16 | No one at the university was to know of his DIA connection , and to avoid any written record that might compromise his cover , Donleavy arranged for him to be paid during this period with American Express money orders drawn at 7–11 stores around Falls Church , Virginia . |
| 17 | Much less , when he wanted the world to know of his love , would she allow him to introduce her to his parents . |
| 18 | Speaking through his secretary , the Right Reverend Peter Ball says he would like everyone to know of his immense gratitude for their overwhelming support . |
| 19 | ‘ As I do not have the good fortune to know your family , Emilia , I am hardly in a position to say , though I feel sure they would wish to know of your distress . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Your relatives will be delighted to know of your contribution . ’ |
| 21 | And so she would n't like to know of your visits to a certain house in Bog 's End , would she ? ’ |
| 22 | I want you to know of our interest in promoting vastly improved opportunities for transport by cycle , both to enhance pleasure and health , but principally as part of a sustainable approach to future transport provision . |
| 23 | Likewise in ( 36 ) saw evokes not mere visual perception but rather an inference which the speaker has drawn about the character of the people in question on the basis of what he has been able to observe of their behaviour or even of their appearance , and so could be said by someone who had only seen a photograph of them . |
| 24 | The first thing we had to do was to repent of our childish attitude . |
| 25 | From what Wayne had been able to see of her left eye , it had looked as if it had a couple of drops of blood in it . |
| 26 | There was one weekend left to go of our time at Canjuers . |
| 27 | Much of the veneer of sediments resting on the oceanic crust of the downgoing plate will not be subducted since it is not firmly attached to the underlying crust and because it is not sufficiently dense to sink of its own accord into the asthenosphere . |
| 28 | At this point I merely suggest that there should be an amendment to the Treaty of Rome , stripping the Commission of its powers to issue of its own initiative interpretative , law-making directives and making it , as with all democratically controlled civil services , the servant of the elected national governments . |
| 29 | Men have to beware of their fascination for these men whose solidarity in work and play is founded on the exclusion of women . |
| 30 | There was of course Ferdinando , but she hesitated over opening her heart to her husband , who would in any case need her letter read to him and would be unable to answer of his own accord . |