Example sentences of "[prep] of [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no idea that Dad could drive a horse , but this he did in great style for of course he had spent his boyhood on various farms . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's my adopted daughter , ’ I said , for of course she was so in my mind although not yet in fact . |
| 3 | ‘ But one likes doing things for people , ’ said Ianthe firmly , for of course she had been brought up to think that one should , though perhaps this situation was a little different . |
| 4 | Given this revised definition , it becomes natural to talk about preserving and defending democracy rather than achieving it , for of course it already exists in such fortunate countries as Britain and the United States . |
| 5 | It 's been a hard couple of weeks with this bathroom , Norm 's worked a couple of days , you know and in between of course they , put just a shower and a proper shower |
| 6 | And really the slate industry I think probably hinges on quality being maintained you know I mean li like I said I do n't want to go in you know I 'm no expert on this sort of thing but erm A deep sense of of injustice I think is that and , oh my God if if we let him start making us just you know like robots produce more and more slate and laying off some of the older craftsmen and you know they do and David Price who knows and I mean th they put that and and then they the last fifteen years it was a it was a defunct slate quarry before you know and they I mean it 's not as i it 's not an easy thing to er work slate I 'm sure it 's d difficult and you have to know what you 're doing . |
| 7 | Yes but of of course we 've got a number of estates er around the Mansfield er but we have made inquiries we 've er er we 've made appeals through the press and the radio as you well know . |
| 8 | Of of course it 's just quite a peedie building is n't it . |
| 9 | There is apparen apparently book books details of of course it 's out at the moment . |
| 10 | And er if you see it was coming towards of course you run into them , but if they were going the other way course the dust still keep going . |
| 11 | We could start by complaining that this argument , as an inductive argument , is very weak , since of necessity it argues from a single instance . |
| 12 | Granted , if socialists merely develop a list of pat answers to these questions ( nationalisation , ‘ planning ’ ) while failing to fight for more immediately realisable socialist gains outside of government they will not get much of a hearing , but equally to write off the macroeconomic questions as too difficult to speculate about is to forego the right to contest the policies of a reactionary national government . |