Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapman called at Bastin 's home and tried to convince him of the spectacular career he would have at Highbury . |
| 2 | I am writing to inform you of the new Government legislation concerning liability cover for medical staff working in the National Health Service . |
| 3 | On this great day , when he cut the ribbon on a shop built to remind him of the Italian department stores of his childhood — ‘ they always had a restaurant , because part of the treat of shopping was lunching out ’ — he was so happy and relaxed that it was easy to swallow inhibitions and ask him whether he was n't bothered about being known , through the films he has chosen to dress , as the creator of designer violence . |
| 4 | I would like to notify you of the following amendments to the planning permission for the above development . |
| 5 | His refusal to grant extra funding on the grounds of ‘ basic need ’ at the two schools in his own constituency created a political storm which threatened to deprive him of the Roman Catholic vote in the general election . |
| 6 | She thought for a moment , then decided to tell him of the little house in Washington where she and Mama had lived before Mama married Papa — She wondered briefly what Dr Neil would have made of that story . |
| 7 | The agency provided funds for a specifically approved line of research only , so Jones now decided to tell them of the new ideas . |
| 8 | You marked an appeal to the Court of Session in the above case on and I write to inform you of the necessary steps you should now take . |
| 9 | Alayn , too , immediately afterwards , manages to remind us of the sexual sense of " to ride " in his farewell to Malyne : The miller , too , is like a horse in his sleep ; in his case , however , in his unselfconscious drunken snoring and farting ( 4162 ) . |
| 10 | The College wrote to tell me of the embarrassing reply of my referee , and my supervisor got on to Bondi and refreshed his memory . |
| 11 | In my view that course of conduct by the landlord seriously interfered with the tenant 's proper freedom of action in exercising her right of possession , and tended to deprive her of the full benefit of it , and was an invasion of her rights as tenant to remain in possession undisturbed , and so would in itself constitute a breach of covenant , even if there were no direct physical interference with the tenant 's possession and enjoyment . |