Example sentences of "[verb] of [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I were Ben Hogan , and a Bob Hamilton or Willie Goggin chipped in to beat me in The Masters , a Walter Burkemo holed a sand shot to swipe the PGA , a raw rookie — pick one — holed a 7-iron to beat me somewhere in Florida and then the like of a Bud Holscher or a Shelley Mayfield holed yet another sand shot to steal yet another victory , then I 'd not only be scouring the Fort Worth Yellow Pages looking for the nearest shrink , I might even think of tossing myself under a freight train in the nearest marshalling yard . |
| 2 | And all the undertakings we might speak of reduce themselves to a single one , that of making history . |
| 3 | For those who ‘ liked a job to do ’ there was the distribution of food and clothing and fuel , and there were some who did it honestly and others who were suspected of turning it into a ‘ racket ’ . |
| 4 | The party bureaucrats were accused of turning themselves into a new bourgeoisie whose revolutionary spirit had given way to capitalist tendencies . |
| 5 | Have you ever thought of knitting them on a larger scale ? |
| 6 | it 's completely anonymous number you know it 's only to be on that , said I 'll wipe it off then , you bloody well wo n't , I think he wants to tell people before he can say very wrong , could say something personal , if it was personal , no longer it , no you were n't personal to you , but I 'm quite happy to arrange it if you wish , no , no , no , no , no , , I should n't have to tell you not to take my points in full , there we go it 's driving me doing that in the factory having without people 's permission , I want to know , I ask permission if I 'd er wanted to as a without being asked to do it , I would of gone and seen personnel and asked , I would not of dreamed of doing it in a work 's situation unless I was asked , say anything personal I 'd turned it off not that it , apart from me and Stuart |
| 7 | However , she could not avoid it at The Tamarisks , for although Fru Møller offered a generous choice of hors d'œuvres and puddings she did not provide a choice of main course and Elisabeth would not have dreamt of placing herself at a disadvantage by drawing attention to her disability and pleading for something easier than steak to swallow . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't dream of taking them before a race . ’ |
| 9 | It is curious how agents only rarely think of providing you with a plan on a voluntary basis . |
| 10 | Until you know someone , you should beware of putting yourself into a position where you may be trapped , pestered , or embarrassed . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 12 | ‘ I was thinking of putting her to a very nice stallion I 've seen in the district , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Parish calls it ‘ a love story that just goes through a few crazy things ’ , but he 's under selling it ; Time Warner so liked the film it is thinking of turning it into a TV series with Parrish in the starring role . |
| 14 | You may be thinking of treating yourself to a holiday erm or something of that kind . |