Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At their elbows stand the ghosts of the fallen in the first world war , reminding them of that earlier occasion when so many ministers preached uncritical political guidance from their pulpits . |
| 2 | Poor people do n't want a millionaire among them reminding them of some way in which they failed to make it . |
| 3 | She is mistaken in accusing me of that . |
| 4 | The new technology of automation had stripped them of any human dignity in their labour . |
| 5 | Even more extraordinary is the paucity of such information in the captions to the colour figures , which renders them of little use to the hobbyist . |
| 6 | Many of these features are unique to these mountains , and make them of much more than mere climbing interest . |
| 7 | But , this one , that 's close to me or whatever mum 's saying there remi , was reminding me of that Der der der |
| 8 | Nearing the end of my pregnancy , I had a dream , reminding me of all the good times Sarah and I had shared — the love that bonded us , and the way she had cared for me during my life in Canaan . |
| 9 | My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’ |
| 10 | There had been conflicting stories as to whether Anthony had been intended , Wells having gone on record as saying he had been conceived in a moment of carelessness , professor Gordon Ray , who edited the West-Wells correspondence , as saying it was a deliberate attempt by Wells to keep Rebecca with him , and Rebecca herself as saying , ‘ Wells cheated me of all but one child . ’ |
| 11 | But if we are going to accuse them of this then we had better also accuse them of inventing the doctrine of the Trinity , for although the New Testament provides evidence for such a cardinal Christian belief it does not set it out in a clear or distinct fashion . |
| 12 | Whilst Henry II was in Normandy , he learned of Thomas 's continued intransigence and that caused Henry II to utter the words , ‘ Will no-one rid me of this troublesome person ? ’ , which prompted four knights of his household to cross to England and assassinate Thomas Becket in his Cathedral , on 29th . |
| 13 | ‘ Who will rid me of this turbulent priest ? ’ asked Henry II . |
| 14 | ‘ Who will rid me of this troublesome boat ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | Whether Reagan actually said : ‘ Who will rid me of this turbulent problem ? ’ is irrelevant . |
| 16 | The pharmacist could be informed of the risk and would be well placed to help the prescribers achieve their therapeutic objectives ( for example , by offering compliance aids , visiting the home , or checking usage of the product ) and to inform them of any problems . |
| 17 | How many days it was out of service and this that and the other and erm they used to send us an invoice on the mileage run because at the same time we knew what tyres were on the bus we had to inform them of any tyre changes and they kept records the same as us . |
| 18 | Yet if you have dry hair you have to be careful to choose a shampoo that will effectively rid you of these nasties without stripping your hair of its natural oils . |
| 19 | The pursuit of sexual satisfaction at work will completely rob you of any job satisfaction . |
| 20 | Both Lewis and Pound hoped that the Nobel would free him of that cautiousness which had smoothed his ascent . |
| 21 | It was as if he said it not to me , but equally to everything around us ; as if she stood listening , in the dark shadows by the doors ; as if the telling of his past had reminded him of some great principle he was seeing freshly again . |
| 22 | And seeing Nicole had only reminded her of that fact . |
| 23 | In Shylock 's trial against Antonio , having preached towards Shylock for mercy in line 180 ‘ The quality of mercy is not strained ’ , she promptly forgets to show any mercy towards Shylock , stripping him of all his wealth , possessions and even religion . |
| 24 | Soon , however , he was confronted with the ‘ actualities of war ’ during a visit to a casualty hospital , and the bullet-holed limbs and suffering he witnessed there helped purge him of such studied hauteur . |
| 25 | I decided not to inform him of this . |
| 26 | The UK Committee on the Safety of Medicines regularly provides General Practitioners with questionnaires with which to inform it of any irregularities encountered in the use of new , but already licensed , drugs . |
| 27 | It plucks a long grass stem , carefully strips it of any side leaves it may have and then pokes it down one of the entrance holes of a termite nest . |
| 28 | It fears , and when it does not fear , it despises , non-conformity ; and if non-conformity must be allowed its say , it will gently rob it of all anger and all laughter , of all passion and all heartache , until it lacks both pith and point … |
| 29 | It strips us of all the illusions and idolatry of the world , to face our basic personal need . |
| 30 | It was agreed that the Secretary of the Party would ask the Party to inform us of any awards , plaques etcetera , that could be presented to recognize his length of membership . |