Example sentences of "[verb] of a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been revealed that a prostitute who was found murdered was responsible for an eight year old boy dying of a drugs overdose . |
| 2 | We can legitimately think of an ants nest as a civilization : its members carry out highly specific or even very generalized tasks in pursuit of the common good . |
| 3 | When one caller transgresses this line of demarcation , asking the presenter Dolores what she thinks of a terrorists ' kidnapping , she replies ‘ That would be a little outside the scope of this programme Charlie , there 'll be experts commenting again in the morning to tell you what to think of it , why do n't you talk to me about yourself … ’ ( 80 ) . |
| 4 | Chief Insp Malcolm Fordy confirmed that Alan Jackson , of The Bank , had been accused of a firearms offence , but police had been unable to serve a summons on him . |
| 5 | So , I 've always liked Boyd & Evans whom I 've thought of a photo-surrealists , though they are n't any longer . |
| 6 | On Sept 25 , 1989 , a Swiss inquest found that Barschel , who had been found dead in a Geneva hotel room in October 1987 shortly after he had been forced to resign as Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein , had died of a drugs overdose and that there was no evidence to suggest that he had been murdered . |
| 7 | It consisted of a Personnel Manager , two Personnel Officers , a Training Officer and three clerical staff . |
| 8 | Once you decide to get rid of a Windows application , it 's vital to make copies of any important data you 've created with it to make copies of any important data you 've created with it before embarking on a ‘ slash and burn ’ policy . |
| 9 | ‘ We also know of a supporters coach and a couple of min-buses going . |
| 10 | I confess I can not really see worm watching catching on as a mass pursuit with worm watcher clubs and organised field visits , but I did hear of an infants ' school where the worm has joined the tadpole as a creature for study . |
| 11 | It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure . |
| 12 | This month 's prize consists of a 24″ × 20″ × 12″ tank , with a splendid cabinet type stand and matching hood , from Aquariums , Cabinets and Hoods . |
| 13 | Derived from the Content Addressable File System ( CAFS ) hardware database search engine , the accelerator consists of a CAFS board , an interface which decides whether the accelerator should be activated , a device driver and a relational database management system accelerator to control the searches . |
| 14 | Earlier yesterday medics said Spiro , who was found in a remote Indian reservation , died of a drugs overdose . |
| 15 | The Shipman 's Tale tells of a lovers ' triangle , involving a merchant who lives at St Denis ( France ) , his wife , and a Parisian monk who was regarded as their friend : indeed the monk and the merchant call each other cousin , as both are from the same village . |
| 16 | So he dreams of a highways authority , which could charge , not tax — and the magic of semantics would leave the cash in the transport budget . |
| 17 | A Vietnamese was said to have attacked a taxi driver in a black market-related dispute , although other reports spoke of a police operation against black-marketeers . |
| 18 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
| 19 | I asked children to think of a witches ' stew and this is what they suggested to put on a sign on the wall : |
| 20 | It may be convenient to think of an arms race between two lineages such as cattle and grass , or gazelles and cheetahs , but we should never lose sight of the fact that both participants have other enemies against whom they are simultaneously running other arms races . |
| 21 | ‘ I am not thinking of a police scene-of-crime picture . |
| 22 | Unless you 're thinking of a police cell , I believe they 're free . ’ |