Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] of [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tendency to render horrific incidents of this sort into funny tales or ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( Dingwall 1977 ) , told ritualistically within the occupational culture of the station , is a further attempt to strip them of their emotional hold . |
| 2 | Pat told me of her other' schemes for making money which , of course , never came to anything . |
| 3 | So in the third and last soliloquy Richard reminds us of his concealed plot , his ‘ deep intent ’ to kill Clarence — deep to the rest of the world , visible to us and tells us of his further plan to marry Lady Anne ( ‘ What though I kill 'd her husband and her father ? ’ ) . |
| 4 | As I escorted Marinka to the Oasis Arena in the torrential rain , the scene of mimose reminded me of my halcyon days at . |
| 5 | Rose Mundy told me of her continual battle with overweight thighs , a problem that had been with her for as long as she could remember . |
| 6 | Discharging the jury after a plea from defence lawyers , judge Verney reminded them of his earlier warning . |
| 7 | The obvious unfairness of such poverty side by side with conspicuous affluence reminded them of their vulnerable parents back home . |
| 8 | The star was shapeless and the candle spattered with glue reminding her of her first efforts . |
| 9 | You had only to ride out the storm — inside preferably — ’ with a flash of humour as the heavens reminded him of their still present threat ‘ — and the dust would soon have settled . |
| 10 | When the wind dropped an occasional rumble in the distance reminded them of their first taste of war 's excitements . |
| 11 | Also , you could put your regular fans on a mailing list , writing to them every month to inform them of your next gigs and urging them to bring more of their friends along , in return for a back stage pass to Wembley when you play there ! |
| 12 | But she was still meditating for hours and waiting for the voice of the flat to inform her of its favoured colour scheme . |
| 13 | He 'd paid countless prostitutes to satisfy his craving , but never had a woman done it of her own will , until Jacqui . |
| 14 | This mourning cleanses us of our false expectations and superficialities , where we try to flatten everything into a manageable world in which we are in charge . |
| 15 | This dress reminds me of my first long dress . |
| 16 | She had consented to intercourse with him and would not have done so had she known of the disease , yet her consent was not vitiated by his omission to tell her of his bodily condition . |
| 17 | Bishop Harris assures him of our loyal support |
| 18 | At that moment , a warning pressure reminded him of its menacing presence . |
| 19 | Ken kept pressing Clive to tell him of his sexual adventures on site . |
| 20 | At the meeting , the Prime Minister told me of his personal knowledge of the suffering of cancer victims and of their families and friends . |
| 21 | The piece of stone or the log of wood selected is treated in an elaborate manner in order to divest it of its inert nature and to infuse into it the power to contain the divine image . |
| 22 | His brave words echoed around the world after the IRA 's bomb in Enniskillen robbed him of his beloved daughter . |
| 23 | The Financial Times of April 9 suggested that Ye , a reformist who had been building Guangdong into a " free-wheeling relatively autonomous province " , had been appointed to the new central post in order to deprive him of his regional power base . |
| 24 | It was a bulky volume to carry around and my RAF friends used to rib me about my " vest pocket edition " , but I had resolved to keep reading it in spare moments to remind me of my real life . |
| 25 | Joan received in all three letters from Prince Edward over the next weeks , cheerful letters telling her of his new abode and his favourable impressions of the Welsh Marches and its people . |
| 26 | It seemed as if this man would always somehow have the power to strip her of her narrow protective veneer to expose her vulnerability . |
| 27 | ‘ Later , my mother told me of her terrible foreboding that she had about me the day we made that first daylight raid on Berlin . |
| 28 | There is something spiritually uplifting about the continued failure of these professional advocates to persuade us of their own worth . |
| 29 | She had dabbed powder over her lipstick to rob it of its bright crimson lustre , and she had forgotten the little pink patches of rouge that gave her cheeks their rosy healthy glow . |
| 30 | The fourth book featured a scene in which a man planned to write a letter to his Father and Mother telling them of his new-found happiness , but he never could bring himself to write the letter . |