Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] of [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always had to spend ages reassuring Lennie he did want to travel with him and George had to keep on reminding Lennie of their dream , of alfalfa and rabbits , to comfort him . |
| 2 | They gave Jack the chance to practise some of the underhand humour that eventually became part of his mystique . |
| 3 | The most widely reported feature of his speech was the proposal to repeal a 35-year-old law outlawing the Communist Party of the Philippines — Marxist Leninist ( CPP-ML ) and similar organizations , and to institute a sweeping amnesty . |
| 4 | She tried to make her voice heard above the general clamour and hurried forward , only to lose sight of her quarry in the crowd . |
| 5 | The Zurich Festival in June has taken its place among the mos highly regarded events of its kind in Europe . |
| 6 | The committee already had prematurely exalted views of its importance , for it deferred to the next meeting the question of how to apply to the King for royal patronage — patronage of an institution which had no actual existence . |
| 7 | For the chief defect of parliamentary democracy is that it is representative : when a person elects a representative he necessarily surrenders part of his sovereignty to him . |
| 8 | Following the much trumpeted loss of her maidenhood , she is said to have undergone a test to determine whether or not she has AIDS , an ailment prevalent in that part of the world . |
| 9 | Boz made the announcement as though expecting Dolly to argue with him , but she merely nodded acknowledgement of his statement . |
| 10 | At the moment , the establishment of a branch tends to require less documentation , formality and cost , while a subsidiary has the advantage of being a separate legal personality , with the result that disclosure requirements may not apply to the parent , and the subsidiary 's debts will not necessarily become obligations of its parent in the event of insolvency . |
| 11 | Over-production led to the infamous butter mountains and ultimately set aside , which means that arable farmers here can only work 85% of their land . |
| 12 | However , he is strange , he only shows parts of his body and often only his eyes and his mouth . |
| 13 | We are delighted to have you here you are most welcome we do hope you will enjoy yourself so much you will return as soo as soon as you can , to perhaps take advantage of our ferry port links with Normandy , and now Bilbao in Spain . |
| 14 | Other people at the Town Hall only spent part of their time working for the Tramways Department . |
| 15 | He still drank , began to smoke , and only took notice of his wife and child to shout at them or hit them , usually when he was drunk . |
| 16 | Even now , nearly 70 years after its composition , the combination of its lurid story and the highly charged frenzy of its music sharply divides opinion . |
| 17 | D&B 's European operation only reached 80% of its profit target although UK profits were up 25% in 1992 on sales that rose 17% to £32.4m . |
| 18 | Shepherd merely took advantage of his right as equal to appeal to us . |
| 19 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |
| 20 | Although the mischief in his personality occasionally overrides good sense , he has ‘ wormed ’ his way into our affections and is a much loved member of our family . |
| 21 | The Chancellor also used his statement to close the loophole whereby companies acquired other businesses merely to take advantage of their capital losses for tax purposes . |
| 22 | It is not impossible that , if the enclosure was abandoned in the withdrawal of the Roman army from Britain , civilians might have moved in to take advantage of its protection . |
| 23 | So take advantage of your solicitor 's expertise to help you arrange your affairs , for your own benefit and for that of your family and friends . |
| 24 | Despite the misery that still numbed her emotions , Folly felt a trace of her former enthusiasm as she outlined the scheme , suitably cut down to take account of her lack of capital . |
| 25 | The man , from Helen 's home town Horndean , near Portsmouth , was taken for questioning on Wednesday but police only released news of his arrest yesterday . |
| 26 | They had financed the clinic and prepared the set-up in Geneva especially to make use of her talent . |
| 27 | A second list details Hunts and Huntsmen accused of only declaring part of their income . |
| 28 | Mr Clark said the NRA already received part of its income by way of a levy on Cheshire County Council which was included in the precept required from all district councils . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd finally won custody of my daughter Eva and we had just moved down from Scotland to Leeds with my boyfriend Glynn . |
| 30 | The small boy had just caught sight of his cousin , who went to Cranborne School . |