Example sentences of "of [pron] i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I concede that it will do for judging in retrospect the spontaneity beyond the margins of my rationality , as when jumping like an instinctive animal for the side of the road , and for such primitive choices as the child 's refusal of another helping ; but I continue to insist that at the centre of me I differ from the child in having escaped being restricted to choice between spontaneous goals . |
| 2 | Still less can I will the death of someone I love on the calculation that the bereavement will be a rewarding experience . |
| 3 | ‘ I certify that I have known Colour Serjeant William Nicholl late of the 8th ( or King 's ) Regiment for the space of ten years , six of which I belonged to the same Company and always considered him a man of most exemplary character . |
| 4 | CATHERINE It was because of her I went to the head that time at the school . |
| 5 | Ward was due to take over the driving and at the end of it I slumped into the seat beside him in a happy daze which insulated me from all sense of reality . |
| 6 | He wrote a few letters on my behalf and I just did n't think he was for me because of what I saw at the time . |
| 7 | I would still want to be able to see and buy items of equipment , not to do so would be an opportunity wasted , but I can to my machinery stocklist to see most of what I saw at the show . |
| 8 | This is an important part of what I intend by the transnational capitalist class ( TCC ) , but with two important differences . |
| 9 | I may well know how I would react if I could remain consistently aware of what I know in the abstract , yet yield to the opposite reaction , so that ‘ I see , and approve , the better : I follow the worse ’ ( Ovid 's Video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor ) . |
| 10 | Years abroad had made me wary of what I said on the telephone . |
| 11 | I 'm only in the public eye because of what I do on the ice . ’ |