Example sentences of "of a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carol tells of a life going downhill after she became pregnant at 14 , of a descent into doctors ' prescriptions ( ‘ Largactil , Valium , you name it … |
| 2 | IN A REPORT on August 3 1992 we gave details of a survey of directors ' pay conducted by the Labour Research Department . |
| 3 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 4 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 5 | He may long to skip an afternoon 's school and play on the swings instead , but the thought of disapproving parents weighs more heavily than the thought of a couple of hours ' fun . |
| 6 | Two days ago they had arrived at Palma airport , Steve elated at the prospect of a couple of weeks ' work in his own special paradise place on earth and Ruth stuffed with foreboding . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman spoke with anxiety of the possibility of a rise in miners ' wages as a consequence of this Bill . |
| 8 | National newspapers had been expected to publish the declaration , code , and announcement of a system of readers ' representatives to take up complaints from the public in today 's newspapers . |
| 9 | In the following extract ( 13 ) , there is another example of a mismatch between speakers ' topics , brought about by a misunderstanding of the intended meaning of a particular word . |
| 10 | If speaker D had gone on at some length about ‘ cobbles ’ or rough roads in general , or if the analysis only had part of this fragment , up to C 's it was rather rough , then we might have had no evidence of a divergence in speakers ' topics within the conversation . |
| 11 | At the time , with the glasses on , she had imagined she could faintly discern the shape of a skull under Cheeks ' plump face . |
| 12 | One of two surviving copies of a list of saints ' resting places in England was produced in New Minster Winchester in Cnut 's time . |
| 13 | One head of English in a comprehensive school described the compilation of an anthology of students ' writing which had included writing in languages other than English . |