Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the places he saw were uninhabitable , or required a permit from the Office of Works to make them less so , but a friend of John Hayward told him of some rooms in Carlyle Mansions , a Victorian apartment building along the Chelsea Embankment which looks out over the Thames . |
| 2 | Impatience with her own see-saw emotions robbed her of any desire for sleep . |
| 3 | These did not fruit well at Chelsea but by now the tomato , also known as the love-apple , had become well known in England ( it had been introduced in the sixteenth century , when Gerard considered it of little value ) and was much used in soups . |
| 4 | The sheer weight of goodwill fax messages told them of this fact . |
| 5 | And the touch of his scorching lips , the clasp of his arms , the close union with his warm , strong body robbed her of all strength and of all power of resistance . ‘ |
| 6 | But when Duncan reminded him of this incident some years later , he " not only denied knowing the ballad but singing it … " |
| 7 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
| 8 | Wales had believed they were playing with the malevolent elements in the second-half , Armstrong 's kick disabused them of that notion . |
| 9 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 10 | In the May issue of Latch On her article on knots reminded me of another tip — when using a length of yarn for a contrast marker ( on tension swatches or to mark the position for the sleeves , for example ) , make a small slip knot in the end of the yarn and place this on the needle . |
| 11 | A Teesside Crown Court jury cleared him of both charges but convicted him of arson last month . |