Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only broke clear of Japan 's Koichi Morishita in the last mile and won in 2 hrs , 13 mins 23 secs . |
| 2 | Racegoers could have been forgiven for steering well clear of Britain 's first Sunday jump meeting . |
| 3 | De Lorenzi had led at seven under par after opening rounds of 67 and 70 , three strokes clear of Sweden 's Sofia Gronberg with Davies a further three strokes behind . |
| 4 | As he drove through the night , heading back to London , Newman was anxious to get clear of Hauser 's ‘ province ’ . |
| 5 | When he was involved in serious work , Modigliani could control his drinking and live more moderately , keeping clear of Beatrice 's hectic parties . |
| 6 | I steered clear of Daniel 's murder , but he 's as guilty as hell in the other case too . ’ |
| 7 | The two goals and five points he conjured up against Antrim leaves him nine points clear of Wexford 's Tom Dempsey in the scoring charts , and in virtually an unassailable position . |
| 8 | Anne Sandford was in a class of her own in the well supported Ladies category as she notched up her fourth win of the season in a record time of 3.19.51 , finishing well clear of Lisburn 's Kath Knell and Helen McKeeman of BARF . |
| 9 | But he has not steered clear of farming 's controversial issues . |
| 10 | Sybillin had been foot perfect up to that point and , far from being put off by the drama around him , flew the remaining fences to come home 10 lengths clear of Knight 's Spur . |
| 11 | The former double Durham County Champion from Whickham posted a one under par 72 in wild and windy conditions to finish one shot clear of Arcot 's Graham Pickup . |
| 12 | Donna threw herself clear of Benton 's groping hands . |
| 13 | She used not to be so censorious of others ' behaviour but her own betrayal had , she thought , seared her more than she understood . |
| 14 | Lothlórien has won many hearts , and even the most censorious of Tolkien 's critics have accordingly been ready to grant him the ability to create nice settings . |
| 15 | In some ways it is the loftiest , most visionary of Beethoven 's symphonies and as such it needs a visionary to conduct it . |
| 16 | Johnny Rotten in particular was becoming increasingly estranged from McLaren 's view of what the group should be , and resentful of McLaren 's attempts to control them . |
| 17 | Germans were resentful of France 's post-war attempts to keep them under close control , and it could not automatically be expected that they would agree to join European institutions . |
| 18 | Despite all that , Took remembers him as being ‘ very generous of people 's ability . |
| 19 | One of the most demanding of Harris 's standard contract terms involves the vendor 's commitment to provide , under escrow if necessary , a copy of the product 's source code with the purchase . |
| 20 | She was still growling warningly and when the Tibetan , incensed with rage , lunged for her , she flared up again , snarling viciously and struggling free of Kalchu 's grasp . |
| 21 | A part , of course , assumed that certain favours would be forthcoming , especially as her reputation , in the newspapers , was in tatters ; Mr Poole did not use so graphic a word , but his hands continued to make free of Dinah 's body , and soon she rose and shook out her skirts . |
| 22 | He tried to pull free of Rohmer 's grasp , but could not . |
| 23 | She began to struggle free of Marco 's embrace , groping around for anchorage . |
| 24 | With a sudden bark the Labrador pulled free of Robbie 's too-gentle grip and in one bound made the towpath . |
| 25 | But someone clutched desperately at his hand , dragging it down , tugging it with astonishing strength and speed away to the side , while Lachlan twisted himself free of Hector 's grip and ducked away . |
| 26 | At last , the Rolls had broken free of Piccadilly 's logjam and was making its way at something approaching normal speed towards Knightsbridge . |
| 27 | Laboratory rodents that spontaneously develop autoimmune type I diabetes did so at a much lower frequency when fed a synthetic chow free of cows ' milk protein , and recently a peptide antigen called p 69 was identified on rat insulinoma cells which cross reacts immunologically with a similar sequence present in bovine , but not human or rat , albumin . |
| 28 | She had felt possessive of Spike 's help and company . |
| 29 | Midgley is similarly dismissive of Wittgenstein 's remarks about hope and fear ( PI p. 174 , quoted above pp.131–2 ) . |
| 30 | He was dismissive of Melinda 's Arabic , and insisted on speaking to us in English which he declared a simple language , like the . |