Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] of [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She intended to slap Elisabeth on the back , but she was too late ; Elisabeth had made a dash for fresh air and Mitzi 's arm met that of Elisabeth 's chair . |
| 2 | The description fits that of Fräulein Müller 's maid , the woman called Rachel . ’ |
| 3 | Sweeney 's encounter with ‘ the epileptic on the bed ’ parallels that of Nausicaa not with Odysseus but , more shockingly , with ‘ Polypheme ’ . |
| 4 | Its reputation as a seat of learning precedes that of Altdorf , although it has been overshadowed by the new capital over the last few centuries . |
| 5 | The latter , in addition to recording the histories of Anglo-Saxon kings and churchmen , chronicled that of Glastonbury Abbey at the request of its monks , and several other monasteries , including Abingdon , Ely , Evesham , Peterborough and Ramsey , also had histories written at about this time . |
| 6 | Its feathers were turquoise and tipped with crimson , and towards sunset each day its beaked profile became that of Osiris , looking towards the Nile . |
| 7 | His curiosity about the American South equalled that of Mark Twain , who saw in Natchez both the ‘ drinking , carousing , fisticuffing … riff-raff of the river ’ and the agreeable life of the cotton-rich people who lived in Natchez-on-the-hill . |
| 8 | The decision has aroused controversy because the fish 's decline ( by 90 per cent over the last 20 years ) is attributed to the increasing abstraction of water from the delta , which supplies two-thirds of California 's drinking requirements . |
| 9 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 10 | And the home side 's innings continued to mirror that of England 's just over 24 hours earlier with John Emburey and the returning Jarvis picking up a wicket apiece to further England 's fightback . |
| 11 | It was agreed to support nineteenth of June ninety four . |
| 12 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 13 | I now introduce another of Axelrod 's evocative technical terms . |
| 14 | No , she did not want some of Harry 's handful of flour and dal ! |
| 15 | Golden Delicious over-runs half of Belgium 's orchards and just five apple varieties have taken over where once nearly 600 varieties thrived . |
| 16 | A scheme designed to pay farmers to preserve some of England 's best landscapes has been inaugurated by Michael Heseltine , the Secretary of State for the Environment and John Gummer , the Minister of Agriculture . |
| 17 | The BMC are calling for urgent action to preserve some of Scotland 's most beautiful countryside areas |
| 18 | While in Paris Klee saw and admired Cubist works at Uhde 's , and he may have known the rapidly growing Rupf collection in Berne , but he remained most impressed by Delaunay 's scientific approach to the handling of colour , which fitted in with his own ideas ; in the autumn of 1912 he translated some of Delaunay 's notes on light for the review Der Sturm . |
| 19 | In 1982 Holmes à Court captured Lew Grade 's ACC organization , which owned half of ATV and a variety of film , cinema , theatre and music interests . |
| 20 | Mrs Elsie Morgan had travelled on the train on her honeymoon in 1920 ; Lady More recalled some of Sir Jasper 's memories ; Colonel Sykes remembered that , as a boy , the engine driver used to allow him to drive the train when he returned to school at the beginning of term ; and Mrs Lucy Hemmings had regularly tested the milk carried by the train for the Creamery . |
| 21 | At last , the Rolls had broken free of Piccadilly 's logjam and was making its way at something approaching normal speed towards Knightsbridge . |
| 22 | In this respect Hoyle shared some of Stenhouse 's view ( if only implicitly ) since his concept of the ‘ creative school ’ and his concept of the ‘ extended professional ’ imply that innovations are unlikely to be effective unless they take account of the need for organisational support within the school , or teacher commitment to professional development . |
| 23 | Elena shared some of Zhivkov 's perquisites of power . |
| 24 | Jane Mitchell and Neil Pike , her talented wine-maker , have a reputation for producing some of Australia 's finest wines . |
| 25 | For the convenience of those who like foreign food we have double listed some of Edinburgh 's most popular foreign restaurants under countries . |
| 26 | This vision , what Eliot called Kipling 's knowledge ‘ of the things which are underneath , and of the things which are beyond the frontier , , was what made some of Kipling 's short stories so important to the writer of The Waste Land . |
| 27 | On Feb. 20 an agreement with Germany first planned in April 1991 was officially finalized , forgiving half of Poland 's DM9,100 million ( about US$5,520 million ) debt to Germany and setting an 18-year repayment schedule for the rest . |
| 28 | Above : Even the kitchen shelves are given some of Rita 's expert treatment and are festooned with large , bright bows |
| 29 | All military and voluntary vehicles will be given some of London 's equipment , including special orthopaedic stretchers and chairs . |
| 30 | While there is evidence to support some of Peckham 's accusations , especially over appropriations , they were made when Roger was already a sick man in decline : when he died in 1295 he was described as of great age . |