Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] of [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE US National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People ( NAACP ) and gay groups have demanded apologies from Oliver North and several Virginia Republicans , accusing them of making derogatory jokes about blacks and homosexuals at a Republican dinner . |
| 2 | European mercenaries ruling the Comoros Islands expelled 11 foreign correspondents after seizing their notebooks , film and cassette tapes and accusing them of inciting anti-government demonstrations , said one of the reporters . |
| 3 | The government on Sept. 18 filed corruption charges against Marcos , accusing her of coercing Central Bank officials into lending US$25,000,000 to a company in which her family had shares . |
| 4 | He was also extremely suspicious of Mosley 's first wife , Cynthia Curzon , accusing her of having Jewish blood in her veins . |
| 5 | Iranian media attacked President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt during November , accusing him of serving Western interests , and also criticized the Gulf Co-operation Council for " defending UAE allegations " [ see this page ] . |
| 6 | These suspicions were echoed by the country 's Catholic bishops , who , in a pastoral letter delivered on March 22 , made an unprecedented attack on the government , accusing it of fomenting ethnic tensions . |
| 7 | A new book criticising Hollywood 's current output and accusing it of undermining traditional values has provoked fierce debate in the US . |