Example sentences of "[noun] the [noun] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now then , ’ the magistrate continued smoothly , ‘ I understand that in the course of a telephone call yesterday afternoon the kidnappers informed you of the whereabouts of a letter from them , and that this letter was subsequently recovered . |
| 2 | After another 13 years of getting the country into a mess the Tories tell us of all the good things they are going to do if re-elected . |
| 3 | For Katherine the landscape bore none of the familiarity of a picture postcard . |
| 4 | In many of these sonnets the poet accuses himself of a gross failure in judgement in having formed a relationship with this woman . |
| 5 | In strategic terms the move makes plenty of sense . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal stated that the Board did have a duty to act fairly which entailed granting B and K the opportunity to satisfy them of matters in the statute , and to let B and K know the impressions of the Board so that they might be dispelled ; but the Board did not have to quote ‘ chapter and verse , ’ nor did it have to disclose the source of its information if it would be contrary to the public interest , nor did the reasons for the refusal have to be given . |
| 7 | For some reason the hand reminded him of Mrs Wright , though her hands were n't white . |
| 8 | And yeah another one connected to this whole lifestyle , aspirational argument the image the brochures give us of a couple si sitting on a terrace with , you know , you can almost hear the music in the background , the sun setting over the sea . |
| 9 | It lay at the point where the fertile coastal plain to which Shurton belonged gave way to the austerely beautiful Quantock Hills , and in the meeting of those two quite different landscapes the village acquired something of its distinctive character : Stowey was a place always busy with the concerns of a lowland domestic world , but the gateway as well to a solitary hill country where man 's dominance was suddenly challenged and nature prevailed . |
| 10 | In the end the role became something of a timeshare job — awarded to both Storm — for his impeccable behaviour and tri-colour Brandy — for his good looks and lovely nature — most of the time . |
| 11 | In a way the sound reminds me of a small-bodied Gibson from the '30s or '40s , but with more volume and a clearer bass end . |
| 12 | This time the UN deserves someone of consequence — who might think of making a successful businessman his deputy in order to tackle the UN 's nightmarish bureaucracy . |