Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Baye somewhat defensively said of ‘ Lies ’ that ‘ AIDS is a subject like any other . ’ |
| 2 | Certainly she found him so , despite what he so obviously thought of her , and as the kiss deepened she felt sleepy and warm and pliant — the nicest thing ever to have happened — and then bereft when he broke the gentle exploration . |
| 3 | Had it been Alex Household who had been shot , the situation would have been different , because she so patently disapproved of him , but with Michael Banks as the victim , it was difficult to cast her in the role of murderer . |
| 4 | We are very grateful to the British Council for arranging these visits , and to all those who so willingly gave of their time to talk to and entertain us . |
| 5 | She obviously thoroughly disapproved of holidays and spent all her time polishing the plastic . ’ |
| 6 | The only clue so far discovered of any value to a possible dating of his return is the fact that , according to Bursali Mehmed Tahir , there exists a copy of one of his most famous works , the written in his own hand , presented to Mehmed II , and dated 878/1473–4 it would not thus be unreasonable to suppose that Molla Husrev wrote the copy especially for Mehmed II , this in turn suggesting that by 878 Molla Husrev had made up his quarrel with the sultan and had perhaps returned to Istanbul . |
| 7 | Perhaps neither knew of the other 's commitments . |
| 8 | I do n't think so never heard of it . |
| 9 | The physical contact which He must have had with them when reclining at table ( compare John 13:25 ) and which He obviously never dreamed of disallowing ( Luke 7:38 , 39 ) must have made them feel clean and acceptable ’ ( Nolan 1976:39 ) . |
| 10 | Not much came of it . |
| 11 | ‘ She not only knew of her big hits , but also about lots of other numbers on her various albums . |
| 12 | To Nikon 's opponents , however , the changes not only smacked of foreign heresy but seemed to threaten the whole meaning of the liturgy , to break the link between the service and the faith . |
| 13 | Aristos of Salamis in Cyprus , who probably lived in the middle of the third century B.C. , is said by Arrian ( 7.15.5 ) to have been one of the two historians who not only spoke of an embassy of the Romans to Alexander the Great , but made Alexander prophesy the future greatness of Rome , so impressed was he by the envoys . |
| 14 | had to take a sort of erm south to erm not just thought of both the names and the other one but they would be nearer to Exeter but it would n't be sort of in Exeter itself I was thinking , you know , probably get erm you know , see if there 's any new houses being built there and what sort of price and what have you . |
| 15 | Forever shifting ; for , as nothing for nothing , not a fingernail , you just never thought of being without meat on your arse , and how you missed the padding . |
| 16 | Yeah , what 's that got to do with it I said I , you know , just never heard of that well there you are then , |
| 17 | Hastings ' contribution more probably consisted of stirring up others by articulating anxieties about the future role of the Woodvilles and , perhaps , by canvassing the possibility of a protector as a viable alternative . |
| 18 | Hastings ' contribution more probably consisted of stirring up others by articulating anxieties about the future role of the Woodvilles and , perhaps , by canvassing the possibility of a protector as a viable alternative . |
| 19 | Home now consisted of only two rooms and a kitchen , but fortunately we were allowed half of the attractive garden as well . |
| 20 | god dear me , who ever even thought of it look stopped now |
| 21 | Away from the defence debate Dr Mowlam also yesterday spoke of her despair at the growing homeless problem in her constituency . |
| 22 | But it is surprising how many works by composers such as Schubert and Beethoven , who probably never dreamed of creating mathematical proportions , have a degree of exactness in the relative length of sections of movements . |
| 23 | It 's a man called Claude Joseph , was his christian name , Rouget de Lisle , Rouget de Lisle , probably never heard of him . |
| 24 | The question most often asked of A&R people is ‘ What happens to all the tapes sent in ? ’ |
| 25 | No it did though , it really really smelt of cider . |
| 26 | Our meals now regularly consisted of hummus , salad , chips and often meat , chicken or fried steak ( which George called ‘ buffteak ’ which was closer to the mark — and particularly apt when we were trying to cut it with the inevitable plastic knife ) , and glasses of Pepsi . |
| 27 | To this end it has settled in countries that a few hundred years ago barely knew of the apple 's existence . |
| 28 | … there still survived of the Lord 's family the grandsons of Jude , who was said to be His brother , humanly speaking . |
| 29 | The people settled in the Medway valley almost certainly knew of the Romans before this date as a great deal of trade was carried out between Britain and the continent . |
| 30 | The case was reported in the Washington Post of Jan. 11 as one of the most closely watched of the judicial term because it tested the authority of federal judges , once they had found discrimination , to ensure that it was remedied . |