Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] of [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tendency to render horrific incidents of this sort into funny tales or ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( Dingwall 1977 ) , told ritualistically within the occupational culture of the station , is a further attempt to strip them of their emotional hold . |
| 2 | But she was still meditating for hours and waiting for the voice of the flat to inform her of its favoured colour scheme . |
| 3 | From time to time we have copies of WWF News and other member communications returned to us because people have moved house and forgotten to inform us of their new address . |
| 4 | Swiftly , now , before the deep-freezers , the dehydrators and the emulsifiers take the syllabub away from us and return it transformed and forever despoiled , let us discover how it was made in its heyday and what we can do to recapture something of its pristine charm . |
| 5 | He ground his teeth together , lusting to tear the alien apart and eat of its lurid vitals , so as to comprehend something of its strange nature . |
| 6 | He came directly to the parlour shared by Astorre , John and Tobie , followed by servants attempting to rid him of his wet cloak . |
| 7 | At the same time , though , there are more people who can , perhaps for the first time since 1967 , imagine that the Jews could go west , back into the green line , or into new borders adjusted to rid themselves of their Palestinian burden . |
| 8 | At the same time , though , there are more people who can , perhaps for the first time since 1967 , imagine that the Jews could go west , back into the green line , or into new borders adjusted to rid themselves of their Palestinian burden . |
| 9 | Yes , you could mock at the idea , but that was n't enough to rid yourself of its insidious appeal , politely , persistently tugging at your soul . |
| 10 | From a distance I have managed to see something of their spectacular courtship frolics that take place both on the ground and in the air and I have listened to their songs which , though not rich in melody , seem just right for a world of cliffs and screes . |
| 11 | From a distance I have managed to see something of their spectacular courtship frolics that take place both on the ground and in the air , and I have listened to their songs which , though not rich in melody , seem just right for a world of cliffs and screes . |
| 12 | ‘ I do hope you 'll find time to see something of our beautiful city . |
| 13 | Potted shrimps alone remain as the sole representative of these products to retain something of its original nature , although a few smoked haddock pastes are beginning to appear on London restaurant menus . |
| 14 | The piece of stone or the log of wood selected is treated in an elaborate manner in order to divest it of its inert nature and to infuse into it the power to contain the divine image . |
| 15 | Before you can begin the process of change , you need to understand something of your present behaviour , your attitudes towards food and dieting . |
| 16 | Reputable government officials grovelled to assure him of their impeccable record of loyal activities in the YMCA , as a boy scout , a churchgoer , a Sunday School activist . |
| 17 | THE TORIES owe their victory to a swing to Labour scarcely half that required to deprive them of their overall majority . |
| 18 | Naturally , when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters , they protested strongly , and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan . |
| 19 | How , then , can we reconceptualize the idea of rationality within higher education so as to convey something of its traditional promise , while confronting the dual problematic it faces ? |
| 20 | The Financial Times of April 9 suggested that Ye , a reformist who had been building Guangdong into a " free-wheeling relatively autonomous province " , had been appointed to the new central post in order to deprive him of his regional power base . |
| 21 | It was a bulky volume to carry around and my RAF friends used to rib me about my " vest pocket edition " , but I had resolved to keep reading it in spare moments to remind me of my real life . |
| 22 | To say nothing of his general right of liberty or reputation , his rights as a husband or a parent are not proprietary rights , nor is his right to recover damages for personal injury or defamation ; but we may include among proprietary rights the right to recover damages though unliquidated ( i.e. of uncertain amount until settled by a judge or jury ) for breach of contract , or , probably , even for injury to his property . |
| 23 | Would you be good enough to re-advise me of your full address so that I can send the documents to you ? |
| 24 | He became hostile to his friends , and , as though trying to cure himself of his homosexual nature , he began pursuing women more vigorously than ever . |
| 25 | But Donna Frizzell never failed to remind her of his dragging progress through school , compared to Betty and Joanne 's smart performances . |
| 26 | The directors are anxious to relieve themselves of their personal liability , so they decide to use what money is available in repaying the bank and to leave those who have supplied goods to the company to whistle for their money . |
| 27 | to distinguish them from the signs by which we are already combining elements of Q. The new symbols are sufficiently unfamiliar to remind us of their defining role but sufficiently similar to + and . |
| 28 | His description of the galleries of Dent on either side of the narrow street is all that is left to remind us of their undoubted presence , ‘ I regret the loss of the grotesque and rude but picturesque old galleries , which once gave character to the streets ; and in some parts of them almost shut out the sight of the sky from those who travelled along the pavement . |
| 29 | I 'm not really used to being so personal or so open about things in public but want to tell you of my great sadness in life . |
| 30 | She had consented to intercourse with him and would not have done so had she known of the disease , yet her consent was not vitiated by his omission to tell her of his bodily condition . |