Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] of [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took the coach , and after thirty-six hours of travelling I got down at Thornfield village , and almost ran across the fields in my hurry to see the well-known house again , and its owner . |
| 2 | After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave . |
| 3 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 4 | ‘ To the preparation of both courses of lectures I gave far more attention than I had latterly been giving at Durham . ’ |
| 5 | Although deep-freezing has revolutionised the way food is preserved , with some kinds of fish I still prefer the old method of salting and sun drying . |
| 6 | Panel ( A ) : Nuclei treated with different concentrations of DNase I were digested with Kpn I , the blot probed with 5' Ea Sac I/Sal I ( Sc/S ) ( see Panel ( d ) filled box for exact location ) . |
| 7 | Panel ( B ) : Nuclei treated with different concentrations of DNase I were digested with Eco RI and the blot probed with Ea 695 ( P/K ) . |
| 8 | We learned a copperplate at my convent , with elaborate curlicues of capitals I have not seen in any other calligraphy . |
| 9 | In later periods of life I have deplored , as we have all reason to do , a subjugation of an opposite character , and have rejoiced over the remembrances . |
| 10 | In ten years of programming I now have many companies utilising database applications for names and addresses , every one of them would have benefited by including Rapid Address within the database . |
| 11 | In recent editions of Canoeist I have written two articles , one on general coaching techniques and one on blade feather angles . |
| 12 | Colin Dodge for ‘ Sorry chaps , you 're too late , Crooksy and Blain did it last week in a Mobile Adventure open canoe , ’ Eddie Cornfield for ‘ When Fred said we were paddling in two inches of water I thought he was joking ! ’ , |
| 13 | In fact there 's several chapters dedicated to software , particularly educational software and Toni Mitchell is obviously passionate about her subject … ‘ in 20 years of teaching I have never seen any teaching tool or method that captures the imagination and excites the enthusiasm and interest of the children as much as quality computer software . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I dressed for sex and thought about nothing else on these trips to London and , once I was locked away with Andrew , I got up to all sorts of things I would have been too embarrassed to do with Tony . |
| 15 | I mean they used to provide the advisor to various secretaries of state I think did n't they ? |
| 16 | On most journeys of pleasure I make a point of visiting one . |
| 17 | At 47 years of age I ca n't see why I should have to live off me mother … to that extent . |
| 18 | My father died when I was quite young and at ten years of age I went into a poor old orphanage where I stayed four years . |
| 19 | I think Mrs Stove was a little worried about trusting her daughter to me that particular summer , as it was the one after I 'd struck young Paul down in his prime , but at nine years of age I was an obviously happy and well-adjusted child , responsible and well-spoken and , when it was mentioned , demonstrably sad about my younger brother 's demise . |
| 20 | But at 20 years of age I had no scruples about rubber gloves and bleach , and dealt with the problem straight away . |