Example sentences of "[vb pp] of [pron] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had brought with him reading that was expected of him during this vacation , works on sociology and on linguistics and some where these two studies converged , but these were not the sort of books one much wanted to read under the hot sun and the influence of wine . |
| 2 | If the ‘ qualified driver ’ does not do what can be reasonably expected of him regarding these duties the learner could be said to be not under supervision . |
| 3 | Bad behaviour was expected of you in those times . |
| 4 | But the dreariness , the frightful struggle of life , the indifference of people , the troublesomeness of children — he did not want to be reminded of them at that moment . |
| 5 | A spokesman for The Magistrates Association said : ‘ I have never heard of anything like this happening before . ’ |
| 6 | Have you ever heard of anyone in this office being asked to make other arrangements ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We have heard of you for many years . |
| 8 | The programme showed really well how serious the crime levels were becoming , when a man explained that houses were completely stripped of anything of any value by adults and children alike , to sell as scrap . |
| 9 | A great fuss was made of us on that trip , according to my mother . |
| 10 | While many of the 200 young mothers , grandmothers , shoppers and office workers who drifted into the Women 's Education Day might never have thought of themselves in this light , they probably identified immediately with the cartoon on the fact sheet : ‘ I am not just a housewife , I am an accountant , vet , nurse , negotiator , teacher , cook , red coat , driver … ‘ . |
| 11 | Karol Wojtyla was not a ‘ liberal ’ in any Western sense , though he too may briefly have thought of himself in such terms in student days . |
| 12 | She 'd never thought of him as that sort of man . |
| 13 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose you could say that , but I had never thought of it in those terms . |
| 15 | How was I to combat it , physically , menially , and although I had n't thought of it in those terms , spiritually as well ? |
| 16 | It seemed dreadful that I did n't know whether I loved him or not , that I had never even thought of it in those terms . |
| 17 | He was never convicted of anything in this country . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , I could never be sure exactly what was required of me on these occasions . |
| 19 | This rather cooled their high spirits , because Missenden 's failure to do what was required of him about some case of ecclesiastical preferment was criticized . |