Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [prep] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His real advantage comes from being proficient in all of them at the same time , and this is a much rarer ability . |
| 2 | I said if yo if you think you know that you might be able to build a relationship I said then er you know , tell her so I said and do n't try and run the both of them at the same time I said |
| 3 | These shepherds live wild , most of them on the same mountain just outside Florence , in abandoned houses which often have no light or running water . |
| 4 | So , against Clark , it must be argued that it is misleading to claim that because animals , imbeciles , and normal infants are all weak , defenceless , and at our mercy , to treat any of them in the same way ( say by killing them for food or using them in research ) is ‘ in moral terms , the very same act ’ ( Clark 1978 : 149 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ We did a tour with Mitch and we also did a tour with Buddy Miles , but we 've never had the two of them in the same room together . |
| 6 | One note of warning : Do n't let your colleagues go on thinking of you as the former messenger once you graduate to production . |
| 7 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 8 | The tour in Japan was over and David left — he sailed for Vladivostok — and finally , just to get rid of me as usual ( if you keep making enough noise they 'll get rid of you for a little peace and quiet ) they gave me a visa . |
| 9 | In any case , why should it want the two of you in the same orbit ? ’ |
| 10 | Leo Vincey is forced by the events of She towards the same decision as the one which destroyed his counterpart Kallikrates . |
| 11 | She held her breath for a moment and then the tears and the breath burst out of her at the same time . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 13 | With the bit of paper in one hand and the keys in the other , he held his arms straight out in front of him at the same height . |
| 14 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 15 | When the chicken leg is cooked , cook the stuffing by the side of it on the same plate , according to the instructions on the packet . |
| 16 | China 's growth is fuelled largely by coal and so is India 's , some of it in the latter case thanks to World Bank funding . |
| 17 | Karen did , and I could quite understand her apprehension at the prospect of trying to maintain her rigid code of etiquette beneath the hot southern sun , in a festive holiday atmosphere , with both of us under the same roof twenty-four hours a day . |