Example sentences of "[adj] of [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sagittarians , Aunt Maureen was fond of telling her , had a strong sense of theatre and tended to exaggerate situations and emotions . |
| 2 | He portrays Madeline and Mrs. Proudie as not very ‘ nice ’ — one too fond of using her femininity and the other hardly seeming to recognise it — which could be seen as a criticism of any woman who dared to question her accepted niche in society . |
| 3 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 4 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |
| 5 | ‘ As everyone is so fond of reminding me , ’ Nogai met Burun 's eyes , ‘ my death would not cause a ripple in the affairs of the Khanate . |
| 6 | Roman frowned and she knew he was angry at her manoeuvre , but he was far too fond of holding her close to him on any excuse , and she was finding his touch more and more disturbing . |
| 7 | Ma had known her Bible thoroughly and had been fond of quoting it . |
| 8 | The Commander was fond of saying it was the sea on which the Spanish Armada had been defeated , the sea that Adolf Hitler had not dared to cross . |
| 9 | If there 's one thing that rugby players are fond of saying it 's that ’ rugby is a MAN 's game . ’ |
| 10 | Alfie was fond of doing our job for us . |
| 11 | FAMILY 's enemies ( and it had many , most notably among feminists ) were fond of equating its origins with movements of the seventies such as the anti-abortion campaigns , the racialist right and the pro-censorship lobby , and certainly it had drawn members from all these . |
| 12 | Not having a copy of Class War : Britain 's Most Unruly Tabloid to hand , and doubtful of getting one at short notice , I ask if he has the telephone number . |
| 13 | This letter induced me to pay him an urgent visit , as I was doubtful of getting anything out of the Ministry so soon as that , if at all . |
| 14 | Maria was aware of Luke studying her , although she refused to look at him , afraid of meeting his eyes . |
| 15 | Do not be afraid of using your own jargon — the words and phrases dealing with your expertise — provided you are reporting to people in your own profession . |
| 16 | With Murdoch 's acquisition of the Times Group of newspapers and the Today newspaper , and Maxwell 's of the Mirror Group , the market is dominated by self-styled publicists who are not afraid of exercising their power as proprietors . |
| 17 | Luce sat perfectly still , afraid of betraying her taut muscles by one careless movement . |
| 18 | And why are British women afraid of exposing themselves ? |
| 19 | Dad wo n't hold the babies — he 's afraid of dropping them ! ’ |
| 20 | Yet it is precisely at this point that students — afraid of boring us with repetition — ; search for new material , abandoning their first ideas perhaps for the rest of the piece . |
| 21 | ‘ I am not afraid of calling myself a trader despite the fact it is now rather fashionable to describe the field you work in as a profession , ’ he says . |
| 22 | Do not be afraid of trying it in patients who you think might have mild heart failure . |
| 23 | AIB engineers are not afraid of getting their hands dirty ; in fact , they claim that they are lucky on most occasions if it is only their hands . |
| 24 | ‘ I would have written sooner , but I was afraid of getting you into some trouble . |
| 25 | We can still be afraid of expressing our anger , unable to vent our rage . |
| 26 | You will either struggle over money , never feeling you have ‘ enough ’ , or you will be wealthy but afraid of spending it . |
| 27 | The songs are good , and Procession are not afraid of immersing themselves totally in their music , but perhaps a more measured approach might be worthwhile . |
| 28 | She was becoming increasingly afraid of giving herself away . |
| 29 | ‘ Or would , if they were n't so afraid of crossing him . ’ |
| 30 | At first his kiss was strangely tentative , as if he was afraid of hurting her with his need . |