Example sentences of "[adj] of [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of us went round a guy 's flat . |
| 2 | On the other hand , like all French spas , it advertises the wonderful things it can do for your health progressively as you approach , by way of graduated signs fifty yards apart , each of which singles out an affliction or an organ that you might have treated here . |
| 3 | However , we can illustrate the most important features by considering just two types of motion , each of which occurs over a significant sub-range . |
| 4 | The long , regimented day , six of which made up a working week , obviously constrained the recreational possibilities for factory workers . |
| 5 | The Babylonian Jews were loyal to the Seleucids ; 8,000 of them fought off an attack of marauding Ga ] atians , according to the Second Book of Maccabees ( 8.20 ) . |
| 6 | A ten-minute soak worked wonders on Merrill 's jaded sense of well-being , and when she went down she found the three of them seated around a huge log fire . |
| 7 | Although Goodman and Peckinpah are credited with the screenplay , all three of them hammered out a final script . |
| 8 | He regularly outwitted a host of cartoon criminals with colourful names and faces to match : Pruneface , Shoulders , The Rodent , Itchy , Mumbles and Flat Top all of whom put in an appearance in the film , their prosthetics and make-up masking well-known faces . |
| 9 | Work on restoring the Wimpy to its former self is proceeding well , thanks to its loyal band of workers , many of whom give up a considerable amount of spare time to work on the aircraft . |
| 10 | While other shoe makers were suffering from the recession DMs Northampton shoe factory was hiring more staff — there are now 2,500 of them turning out a pair of shoes every 4 seconds . |
| 11 | One of them fell over a coffee table and threw a whole trayful of bits and pieces on Carrie Donovan and Harry Pritchett . |
| 12 | One of them pulled out a revolver aiming it inches away from P C Ray Hall 's nose . |
| 13 | Fifty yards off the fox ran into some hares and they went careering off in all directions , one of them dashing up a heather slope to cause an explosion of grouse . |
| 14 | At the end of each of the five verses , one of us blew out a candle , and it was very effective , dramatically . |
| 15 | Two of them came round a while ago and they said , ‘ Our pigeon 's on your roof , miss , can we go up your house and get it down through your loft ? ’ |
| 16 | He was soon joined by his brother and the two of them set up a practice in the Army and Navy Mansions on Victoria Street . |
| 17 | The two of you go back a long way . ’ |
| 18 | As lads , ignorant about stalking , two of us hove over a horizon just as someone fired at a stag . |