Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped . |
| 2 | Athletico took on the toughest of opposition by playing a Darlington Groundstaff XI . |
| 3 | Riven threw back the last of his beer . |
| 4 | The Ukraine included about a third of the Soviet Union 's most important industries — coal , iron and steel — and some of its richest agricultural land , and it was traditionally the home of some of its strongest political dynasties ( the ‘ Dnepropetrovsk mafia ’ , which included Leonid Brezhnev , was perhaps the best-known example ) . |
| 5 | A recent council survey carried out in the Denes showed about a third of dog owners use the bins . |
| 6 | FORD , rejected as sponsors by the Premier League , yesterday became part of a £1.2m package which will ensure ITV recoup almost a third of the £4m they paid for exclusive coverage of Rangers ' European Cup ties . |
| 7 | Meryl handed over the last of the spoils , a nail file and some kind of newspaper cutting , then settled in her seat to give her full attention to the lecture . |
| 8 | The forest air was cool on her naked limbs as Adam stripped away the last of her clothes and she was aware of a glorious feeling of freedom , totally devoid of embarrassment , as he gazed at her , his eyes sweeping boldly over her body , drinking their fill . |
| 9 | But with a nation glued to its sets , Hendry handed out the first of many tutorial beatings , which heralded a largely unproductive 2½ seasons for Wattana . |
| 10 | Here Gehlen collected up the thousands of spools of microfilm that over the years he had painstakingly amassed as part of his record of Russian intelligence . |
| 11 | Victor sucks in a Hooverful of cigar smoke , then strains it out through tight lips . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe Kenneth fancied quite a few of his friends in some ways , but it never came out physically . |
| 13 | Here , Boswell raises again the widest of smiles , at the sight of his heart , pulsating with snobbery , on his sleeve : ‘ I was exceedingly pleased with Lord Errol . |
| 14 | Costain shed nearly a third of its 7,500 employees last year at a cost of £6m . |
| 15 | It took many months of research on the part of Vanessa Forbes to track down the 21 of Marjorie Worgan 's original class members ( some now grannies ) who managed to attend the surprise lunch she organised for Marjorie 's 80th birthday . |
| 16 | After a while , of course , the woebegone aspect of the crossed-in-love becomes very irritating , especially if one is being unjustly blamed for it , so Lydia ripped out the last of the fluff that formed , as it were , the bird 's underclothes , rose to her feet gripping her pheasant by its knees , and then bent over and kissed Beuno . |
| 17 | Cottee finished off the first of a series of classic Everton moves to grab the equaliser before John Ebbrell put them ahead at the break . |
| 18 | Shildon washed down the last of his toast with tea before replying . |
| 19 | Azerbaijan has about a third of the world population of mud volcanoes , which range in size from a few metres to several kilometres across the base . |
| 20 | The FIS claimed that the government 's latest figures on the number of arrests made in June represented only a tenth of the actual total . |