Example sentences of "of [pron] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked very worried and nodded respectfully to the three of them before leaning over the bed , concern evident on his face . |
| 2 | He must get this right , not make a fool of himself by stumbling over the words , not using the correct terminology or not knowing which fish he wanted . |
| 3 | They were deluged with what the French call le corbeau , poison-pen letters accusing neighbours , business competitors and colleagues of everything from listening to the BBC to being an active resistant ( of whom there were , in fact , very few indeed until the eve of the Liberation ) . |
| 4 | No wonder she had made such a fool of herself by fainting in the middle of Luke 's proposal . |
| 5 | It started as a movement , that is again the critics that is that again the critics picked it up and made something of it worth discussing in the mid-sixties . |
| 6 | As far as I understand from the gossip there 's nothing 'll come out of it by goin' to the polis ; it 's got to come from Parliament . |
| 7 | The Government encourages exploitation of most of us by preying on the fears of the employed and the misery of the unemployed . |