Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course they had some value , in an informal way , as precedents , but the precedent here might easily be not that non dubito is now admissible , but that some relaxation of wording is allowed where family property expectations are involved . |
| 2 | In the premier league it 's West Ham against Swindon at Upton Park … last season of course they faced each other in the first division … in London Town came out on top and it was this win that sparked their promotion run … so let's hope it 's lucky for them again |
| 3 | Erm but of course they did other work you know , which was of a general character . |
| 4 | Well when we came here of course we had certain furniture and we just sort of er , er and we , I do n't know what other people did , we just erm furnished a room at a time until we got |
| 5 | Er as you got older of course you got different meals , but as youngsters we ate a terrific amount of bread and jam . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course you needed more money . |
| 7 | Maire Carroll , serving in the shop and hating it , felt a firm and vicious sense of satisfaction over the fate of Eve and Benny , but of course she pretended great care and concern . |
| 8 | Of course I had this spell er er do n't forget I was five years as a prisoner of war , and a lot of interest because I was a union member pra b previous to that you see ? |
| 9 | Like the woman 's no good Of course I told some things about Wendy . |
| 10 | In a low and antagonistic frame of mind she accepted that Ace was never going to have any time for her . |
| 11 | In my rather disgruntled frame of mind I rebelled that night against the long way round . |
| 12 | By adopting this method of study he wasted less time and it also enabled him to learn more efficiently . |
| 13 | So it was that when I was asked to contribute an account of Elizabeth Taylor 's novels to a book of reference I remembered these words and wrote that her motive power was Love : ‘ Not the love that is a four-letter word , nor yet anything so theoretical as Christian charity , but most certainly a great virtue . ’ |
| 14 | In favour of marriage he noted such things as children , companionship and home comforts : ‘ picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire , and books and music perhaps ’ . |
| 15 | As a man of honour he had little alternative but to accompany his friend to America . |
| 16 | During the expedition which was undertaken in the depth of winter he passed 5 weeks in the bush without seeing a civilised being sleeping occasionally in a Tent , sometimes under a cart but more frequently on the bare ground wrapped in a Kangaroo skin rug still he had not had a cold or the slightest disorder … ’ |
| 17 | Since it involved a fresh assessment of wealth it encountered some hostility . |
| 18 | ‘ I say , ’ ’ he said , imagining tree-conversation , ‘ that was a nice drop of rain we had last night . ’ ’ |
| 19 | He retired in 1939 , but with the outbreak of war he became scientific adviser to the Iron and Steel Research Council and then entered the steel industry , becoming in 1943 director of research of Richard Thomas & Co . |
| 20 | The hull was unrecognisable as such ; half out of water it became unidentifiable debris . |
| 21 | If we recall our definition of leadership we stressed that leadership involves a relationship . |
| 22 | Out of control it caused dreadful havoc , but when it ran smoothly and sweetly it not only modified life 's aridity but added a pleasing dimension to the view , while Lydia , at present , was using it only to make mud pies . |
| 23 | Once these structures went out of use they became ready depositories for rubbish ( Jones 1979b ) , which can be difficult to distinguish from material reflecting the use of the building . |
| 24 | While the girls paraded upstairs , giggling at the glimmer of flesh they showed each other , Madeleine set to again . |
| 25 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 26 | In its first year of operation it made 25,000 cars and trucks . |
| 27 | Lancelot , although befriended by a hermit , can not be brought back to a normal state of mind because the hermit is too poor to feed him properly , and ‘ for defaute of sustenance he waxed more wooder than he was aforetyme ’ , and became violent , breaking the legs and arms of those who tried to help him . |
| 28 | Through the cloud of dust she saw fitzAlan sheath his sword and crouch at the edge of the stairway . |
| 29 | Almost the only thing he could think of coherently as he peered at the Dutch tiles and crazy paving was that according to his last statement of account he had 67 12s. 9d. in the bank . |
| 30 | When the Headmaster showed him around parts of Hardside he put little pieces of cloth down on the ground and stood on these to protect his shoes . |