Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] of the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots .
2 But much exists in their architecture to tell us of the social conditions , wealth , success or decline of towns .
3 By now Kelly needed extensive physiotheraphy several times a day to rid her of the excess mucus that clogged her lungs .
4 But she had to shake her head to clear it of the dizzy sensation .
5 Quite what that meant is unclear and perhaps was unclear then ( the terms of the 817 Ordinatio would have needed updating anyway since Pippin I had died ) ; but the one thing that was perfectly clear was that Lothar was abrogating the 839 division-plan. envoys to remind him of the previous year 's sworn agreement ; of the protection owed by older brother to younger brother and by godfather to godson ; and ( by way of quid pro quo ) , of the obedience owed by a younger son to the primogenitus .
6 It was , as Steve Hammond said , all there , but there was nothing , she realised , in all those pages to tell her of the particular hell this couple must have been through .
7 In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent .
8 John Parsons , deputy Treasurer to the Queen , has written to staff to warn them of the new tax regulation .
9 ‘ As your legal adviser , Mrs Quatt , I conceived it to be my duty to warn you of the possible consequences of your words . ’
10 I mention this not in order to remind you of the central heating that you have left behind , but to warn you not to get ill .
11 Workers in nuclear and radiographic installations would then not need radiation badges , or monitoring instruments to warn them of the unseen danger all around .
12 Yet Charles still has the power to cheat her of the ultimate prize — her throne .
13 It is aimed at both local authorities and librarians to remind them of the professional responsibilities of librarians .
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