Example sentences of "[det] [noun] of [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Melanie of his must have been a right madam , thought Leonora when Penry went off to get himself a glass of whisky . |
| 2 | Some aspects of it may shock you . ’ |
| 3 | I vividly remember , although I was in a thoroughly sleepy condition , telling him that in my view the only proper justification for an enquiry about Mr Profumo 's personal life depended on the possibility that some act of his might have compromised security , because he obviously had information which was secret . |
| 4 | We 'll have a bit of this type of We 'll have , have a bit of that tying wire . |
| 5 | And what the soldier wants will enormously affect what this belief of his will make him do . |
| 6 | The dust spreads far and wide in the wind , and there is a good chance that some particles of it will happen to land in another stream , hitherto not ‘ infected ’ with the seeds of this kind of dam-making clay . |
| 7 | Another half-hour of it would have sealed a momentous victory . |
| 8 | I want her back at Mass next Sunday , and if you ca n't persuade her , then this belt of mine 'll have to do the talking ! ’ |
| 9 | erm If you were not so much an artist as a technician , you became as a technician interested in what this camera of yours could do , and therefore George Albert Smith , who was primarily I would say a technical man rather than an artist , he was very interested in the trick film . |
| 10 | JUST when you may been ready to despair , it seems that this country of ours may have found something of its heart , or perhaps its soul . |
| 11 | He believes he can shape the world to his conception ; that this scheme of his will answer all the questions . ’ |
| 12 | A DoT spokesman said : ‘ These trips of his may sound like jolly larks , but he is being very irresponsible . |
| 13 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 14 | That relics of them should have survived for such a vast period of time seemed even more difficult to believe . |
| 15 | She looked at her friend and wanted to ask whether she had a few days to spare , because that was how long any description of him would take . |
| 16 | ( f ) because the stock is convertible , any transfer of it will attract stamp duty at one half of one per cent ; |
| 17 | The duchess being bride to the heir presumptive , with the princes gone , any issue of hers would have been regarded by many as rightful sovereign of the realm . |
| 18 | Well any wife of his would have had a miserable life ! |
| 19 | My Heart bleeds to see the Concern he is in ; and it would be the utmost Satisfaction to me , if I could hope any thing of mine could contribute to his comfortable Subsistence in his old Age : I therefore beg of you to take the Key of my Buroe ; and if any thing is to be made of my poor Papers , that you will , for my sake , endeavour to promote a Subscription for his Benefit , which you so kindly have propos 'd for mine |
| 20 | There may be truth in such a suggestion ; and my own dislike of it may stem from nothing more profound than my intense dislike of the word ‘ leisure ’ , suggesting to me , as it does , the spectacle of some drone-figure sitting in a deck-chair while someone else mows the lawn , or a grim marina , packed with empty yachts . |
| 21 | ‘ Any property of mine must look respectable on shore . ’ |
| 22 | What was more , it was in the highest degree unlikely that any protest of his would have the slightest effect in any matter relating to Hilary Frome . |
| 23 | The duty of the council has been established and is capable of being enforced by injunction and any breach of it will give rise to a liability in damages . |
| 24 | That lip of yours will get you into trouble one day . |
| 25 | Rollin condemns it outright , and most instances of it would fall foul of the UK 1986 Act ( sections 14 and 15 ) : |