Example sentences of "[noun] of [pron] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 2 | When the chicken leg is cooked , cook the stuffing by the side of it on the same plate , according to the instructions on the packet . |
| 3 | The article gives the possibility of legal action against individual sellers or suppliers , or groups of them from the same economic sector , or against their trade associations . |
| 4 | It would be a holiday to discard the worry of it for a few days . |
| 5 | We were always out there looking for something new , trying to find any slight glimmer of someone with the same kind of ideas as us . |
| 6 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 7 | He lay prone on top of her for a few moments then he rolled to one side , panting loudly , his breath slowly returning to normal . |
| 8 | She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue . |
| 9 | The decision was made ‘ after giving serious thought to the rejection of myself by a few Labour Party activists , ’ said Mr Knight . |
| 10 | However , it might be said that to require additional disclosure from all companies as a means of addressing the lack of it from a few is to force rules on the majority for the sake of the minority . |
| 11 | Generally speaking the offshore profile is much more gentle , so that a fall in sea level of 30 m ( 100 ft ) , for example , will cause a displacement seaward of the shoreline to the extent of anything between a few hundred metres and perhaps 20 km ( 12 miles ) . |
| 12 | While many among the 5,933 crowd may argue against Stainrod 's claim , there was little doubt in the validity of it during the latter stages of what was a north-east affair rich in incident if not quality . |
| 13 | There were photographs of her in the few parts she had been able to play in the years following her marriage ; photographs of her in youth , when her father had begun to launch her on the career which would be interrupted by the coming of Paul . |
| 14 | Leo Vincey is forced by the events of She towards the same decision as the one which destroyed his counterpart Kallikrates . |
| 15 | With the bit of paper in one hand and the keys in the other , he held his arms straight out in front of him at the same height . |
| 16 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |