Example sentences of "[verb] of [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nahum Plunkett coming here to see Anna is probably the only chance anyone has of pulling her through this crisis , you know that really , do n't you , Seb ? ’ |
| 2 | I mean I might think of doing something like that , but I 'd never actually dare to do it … |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't even think of asking me about female membership , ’ barked the old Sgt-Major . |
| 4 | Well I , I 'd never thought of taking anything like that until she said , cos I , well you never pay , it 's all new to me , I have n't done it before and she said oh no she said we take these small tins of stuff with us and er make our sandwiches , cos there 's a supermarket I believe not far from there |
| 5 | She pushed the thought away , terrified of damaging it by careless anticipation . |
| 6 | Clarissa was horrified lest Charles thought of identifying himself with such a call . |
| 7 | We would never dream of beginning anything of this kind without gaining the views of local residents . |
| 8 | I , I , I am certainly not that man , I would , I would not dream of offering myself for such a ghastly post |
| 9 | Now none of you would dream of doing anything like that . |
| 10 | There are plenty of people who have super-efficient secretaries , but the majority of us can only dream of having someone like that to put our working lives in order . |
| 11 | Oh I never think of putting them in that . |
| 12 | I was thinking of limiting it to 12 . |
| 13 | Even before he was consecrated , and perhaps as soon as he was elected , at a moment when , by ordinary rules of prudence , he should have been thinking of equipping himself with all the forms of expert knowledge required by his new position , he chose one of the group of English monks to be his closest and most constant companion . |