Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He often comes down to the evening meal drained and exhausted after a day of writing his name at the bottom of letters like these . |
| 2 | Its dullness stifled Huy 's heart , and he began to question the sense of feeding his belly at the expense of his mind , though such noble sentiments could hardly be his to indulge . |
| 3 | This is not an argument against neat presentation of work , but you may need to prepare pupils to find ways of recording their work at the speed of their thought . |
| 4 | I had only a brief opportunity of shaking his hand at the end , as I was obliged to rush back to Oxford before I was ‘ gated ’ . |
| 5 | This team came into being to fulfil a need in the Society for a means of showing our work at the very best level ; a group of performers who practise regularly together and have the facility to form up in teams of varying number according to the need at the time . |