Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm still sort of puzzling what the best thing , best thing to do for that hedge down there . |
| 2 | Instead of paying everybody the same state pension , the state should protect those in need adequately , and leave the rest to look after themselves . |
| 3 | The thought of facing her the next day was quite terrifying , but not an obligation Meryl intended to shirk . |
| 4 | I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time . |
| 5 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 6 | I think my one of my favourite passages in Adam Bede might be the description near the beginning of the novel of the methodist preacher , Diner , addressing a meeting of villagers and instead of giving you the entire speech , word for word , George Eliot gives you a little bit of what she said and then describes the manner in which she said it , and the manner in which it was actually received . |
| 7 | Alternatively , we could use an electronically-controlled variable-speed turntable , but we have no absolute way of knowing what the correct speed is . |
| 8 | It is as if there is an element of delayed action with centesimals and we have no means of knowing what the final extent of reaction will be without waiting . |
| 9 | they , they should of done , but they did n't , the point is they should n't of left it the last minute , they should of done it in the first place |
| 10 | " The extension of majority voting will be examined … together with the possibility of making it the general rule with a limited number of exceptions . " |
| 11 | After Dan Salmon 's funeral , Charlie tried to read the Daily Chronicle every morning in the hope of discovering what the second battalion , Royal Fusiliers , were up to and where his father might be . |
| 12 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 13 | Talks incessantly to the point of forgetting what the original question was , using long , rambling sentences which go on for so long that the interviewee ca n't remember where they started . |