Example sentences of "of [noun] [Wh det] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just thinking how this feels incredibly … atmospheric , ’ she heard herself admitting reluctantly , waving an arm to encompass the satiny darkness of the sea all around them , ‘ I was thinking of the ghosts of all those Spanish galleons which met a sticky end in these very waters , hundreds of years ago , ’ she added , with a touch of melodrama which made him laugh out loud . |
| 2 | They had also caused Bristol much discomfort and penalties in the line but Ian Aitcheson , the recruit from Waterloo , barely made amends with a drop goal and a conversion for not only three penalties missed in four minutes , but a couple of passes which made everybody wince and defence pulse rates surge . |
| 3 | The Victorians , of course , for all their virtues , had an edge of prudery which made them condemn in public that which they were busy practising in private . |
| 4 | It was this habit of self-mastery which made one expect him always to maintain a standard of behaviour which other people felt themselves excused from emulating . |
| 5 | The colours of the flowers glowed brightly in the early morning light , the grass was covered with a light beading of dew which made it gleam , and the leaves of the trees hung in perfect stillness , with not even a breath of breeze to ruffle them . |
| 6 | Without conscious thought she found she was pushing her hands inside his shirt , fumbling for the buttons in a frenzy of haste which made him smile against her lips . |
| 7 | Bismarck pushed the Dual Monarchy towards Italy — he was momentarily upset by a burst of panslavism which made him worry about a Franco-Russian rapprochement — and the result was the Triple Alliance ( 20 May 1882 ) . |
| 8 | If it had been later in the season , and the roses in full bloom , he might have missed the portal altogether , but there was just the one unopened bud on the bare branches , of a delicate peach shade with hints of rose which made him think of a girl 's skin . |
| 9 | Despite an unhappy ending , ‘ The Disappearance ’ contains a lot of energy which made me come away from the book feeling hopeful and while I learnt more about the characters , I also found I learnt more about myself and my feelings towards family life and friends . |