Example sentences of "of [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time the young ferrets are being handled regularly and this process of getting them accustomed to human touch and handling continues through every cleaning-out stage . |
| 2 | Old Wolsey loved to lead people by the nose , in particular his nephew and myself , and relished his little games of sending us unarmed into darkened chambers full of assassins . |
| 3 | I had never imagined the usefulness of teaching him English for this particular trade . |
| 4 | Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ? |
| 5 | I imagine they 'll be keen to start work as soon as possible in the hope of having it ready for next season , and with their resources you can be sure — ’ |
| 6 | Looking down carries the further risk of making him unaware of other dangers around him . |
| 7 | In an effort to sharpen the ‘ business nose ’ , Heath has been shunted sideways , to become deputy chairman , while Don Seymour , a businessman , has been installed at the head of the company with the intention of making it profitable by 1984 . |
| 8 | For example , the decision in Paris v. Stepney BC , in which it was decided that the employer of a one-eyed motor mechanic had a special duty of care to provide him with goggles to protect his good eye , may have had the perhaps unexpected and certainly undesired consequence of making it harder for disabled workers to get jobs in which they need special protection . |
| 9 | Now Jean was pleased because I do sequence dancing which I learnt with my husband , and so now this coming September when we start back again , once a month I 'm going to teach some sequence dancing in the hope that some young ones would , will hear of it and , and join because then once you can sort of get them involved with one thing you may sort of get good numbers . |
| 10 | The crucial factor in the development of bureaucracy in communist states has been the impossibility of democratizing administration , of throwing it open to literate lay people as Lenin wanted . |