Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] of her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ever-cautious Margaret Beckett is no longer on the left by any definition but her own , but she knows that she can not win the votes of a majority of MPs , let alone constituency members , without reminding them of her leftwing roots . |
| 2 | She felt angry with others for robbing her of her ideal fantasy of motherhood . |
| 3 | A pathetic little shade hovered for a moment at her elbow , reminding her of her other errand . |
| 4 | Mary Read , who had first worked in New York in 1916 with the Sunshine Girls , endeared herself to reporters by telling them of her great love of the city . |
| 5 | Victory in her first war with one of the European powers had the paradoxical effect not of reassuring Japan that she was now a major power able to compete effectively with the others as at least an equal but , instead , of convincing her of her continuing vulnerability and the need to strengthen further her military capability . |
| 6 | At home that night she began a letter to Clare , telling him of her great love for him . |
| 7 | She also wondered if she had put him off by telling him of her previous engagement and how wary of love it had left her . |