Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We left the bar together ; one of my friends saw us leave and winked at us . |
| 2 | The insanity of my reality made me feel stupid and powerless . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'll be able to take marvellous photos while he 's in India , wo n't he ? ’ her mother had gone on , and only at the tail-end of their conversation did she think to mention their mortgage . |
| 4 | Facially the two men were very different , Kustow 's face blunt , Lever 's hawkish , but the similarity of dress and the starkness of their haircuts made them seem like brothers , or members of some strange cult . |
| 5 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 6 | Glimpses of her stories made her smile . |
| 7 | The intensity of her hate made him quail . |
| 8 | Only in the last months of her life did it appear that her policy might not be sustained , because of the changed situation in England and France . |
| 9 | Not until she reached the door of her room did she respond to Mrs Beavis . |
| 10 | She did , and the sudden flare of her eyes made him let her go . |
| 11 | His health was excellent ; only for the last four years of his life did he suffer from intermittent fever . |
| 12 | ‘ Why here we are all mustarded ’ , as the roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit ’ ; ‘ ‘ Off with a whisk ’ , as the butcher said to the flies ’ ; ‘ ‘ When a man is ashamed to show the front of his face let him turn round and show the back of it ’ , as the turnstile said to the weather-cock . ’ |
| 13 | The metallic voice that rattled out of his radio made him jump . |
| 14 | His swing was taut and abbreviated as , despite what his golfing mind was telling him ( swing slow , swing smoothly through the ball ) , the darker side of his mind made him try to steer the ball . |
| 15 | ‘ What percentage of your time did you spend travelling ? ’ |