Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An official media campaign criticized the leaders of the DU ( formed in May 1988 — see p. 36038 ) , accusing them of personal ambition , corruption and links with anti-Soviet emigré organizations , and of seeking the overthrow of the social system . |
| 2 | So when the station came clean , they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias . |
| 3 | Now a group of about 4,000 former residents of the institutions in the 1950s and 1960s has filed a lawsuit against seven religious orders that operated a dozen orphanages or mental hospitals , accusing them of physical , sexual and psychological abuse and seeks damages of almost £1 billion . |
| 4 | The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police might care to ponder why it is that juries increasingly dismiss the sworn evidence of his officers in favour of those accusing them of gross impropriety . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're accusing me of burning dogs again , are n't you ? |
| 6 | ‘ I can not allow any man to accuse me of bad behaviour ! ’ she cried . |
| 7 | Other forms of the occult , I believe , certainly mislead and abuse youngsters spiritually and mentally , but it is unjust to accuse them of physical abuse . |
| 8 | Periodic meetings are held with the co-ordinators to inform them of current activities and this important group of staff have been very responsive and supportive in disseminating information to their departments . |
| 9 | This topic is meant to improve pupils ' awareness of ‘ danger ’ areas in houses and to inform them of basic safety measures and precautions which should be taken at home . |
| 10 | Avoid any tendency to pull the model round with back cyclic — this should not be necessary and will rob you of forward speed which is not advisable at this stage . |
| 11 | Thereafter he quickly became its most renowned liberal member , leading some opponents to accuse him of judicial activism . |
| 12 | For example , those with characteristically straight hair which has a tendency to greasiness and lankiness would choose the mild Body Building Shampoo to gently purify the hair without stripping it of essential moisture , and the Body Building Conditioner to replenish thirsty hair strands without weighing them down . |
| 13 | He had pictures in his office that he would show me of well-equipped armed bands that he said were taken down in the middle of Nicaragua . |
| 14 | Do n't accuse me of burning fucking dogs , you little bastard ! |
| 15 | ‘ No-one could accuse you of unnecessary panic , Wallace . |
| 16 | If she asked , he would accuse her of nagging , of wanting to keep tabs on him . |
| 17 | Her lungs heaving , she fell against a tree , then slowly slid down the trunk to sit at its foot , her arms wrapped tight round her updrawn knees in an effort to hold in the pain and shock that was robbing her of coherent thought . |
| 18 | Both had been pardoned by Menem in October 1989 [ see pp. 36972-73 ] and subsequently cashiered , but Seineldin had been re-arrested and sentenced on Oct. 22 to 60 days ' military detention in San Martín de los Andes , 1,500 km from Buenos Aires , for bypassing the Army chain of command and writing directly to Menem warning him of growing discontent within the Army [ see p. 37853 ] . |
| 19 | They told us of exciting events that had taken place in the valley below their house the previous year , the result of an attempted coup by Ras Hailu , the hereditary ruler of Gojjam . |
| 20 | Dr Theo Angelov , President of the Baptist Union of Bulgaria , addressed the Wednesday evening rally on ‘ People to People in Europe ’ , when he told us of faithful Christian witness over a period of 40 years by many in his country living through extreme conditions and hardships under Communist rule . |
| 21 | For once , you ca n't accuse us of self-promoting hyperbole when we described the show as ‘ the mightiest concert ever ! ’ |
| 22 | I have made mention elsewhere of the sense that warns us of impending danger , and will not labour the subject further beyond stating that this sense is a very real one and that I do not know , and therefore can not explain , what brings it into operation . |
| 23 | Often our intuition or sixth sense warns us of impending danger but we ignore it because of social pressure , lack of time or lack of courage . |
| 24 | By your expression , I judge that you suspect me of pseudo-intellectual flim-flam and it is undeniable that our deliberations tended more towards the sybaritic than the Socratic . |
| 25 | Edward insisted : ‘ They have accused me of damaging land owned by the DoE , but in fact I have improved it . |
| 26 | At the same time , of course , it assures them of comprehensible input . |
| 27 | The authority had also accused him of encouraging homosexuality in his religious education lessons . |
| 28 | Walesa 's critics had accused him of dangerous populism which threatened political and economic stability . |
| 29 | Soon afterwards he accompanied Charles Howard , Earl of Carlisle [ q.v. ] , as envoy to Alexis , but was not admitted to the negotiations , the Russians probably suspecting him of changing masters . |
| 30 | But perhaps because she was thus secretly rejecting him and yet knew at the same time that he was in love with her , a sense of justice prompted her to help him in amorous efforts , to support him , to rid him of childish embarrassment . |