Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to think of life without her monumental competition , and wondered what on earth she used to do , to think about . |
| 2 | It is time we stopped talking of despair and started living in hope . |
| 3 | Of course , I 'd heard of AIDS and the destruction of that immunity , but somehow that was happening to homosexuals in LA or Brighton and not here with me , deep in the pastoral Hampshire countryside . |
| 4 | His nostrils were cavernous and so finely edged that they seemed made of paper . |
| 5 | Most of Norfolk seemed to consist of holiday towns , geared for tourists , and the tourist season did n't start until late May . |
| 6 | A post mortem investigation revealed he 'd died of carbon monoxide poisoning . |
| 7 | and a luminous dream I 'd had of origin : |
| 8 | Well-launched as it was , I regret to report that the organization of China-Canada Inc. seemed to die of inactivity after its founder left for China in 1946 ; it was , after all , very much of a one-man show and the big names on all the committees were more or less honorary only . |
| 9 | She 'd lost of course all modesty , if she ever had any , but she must have been reared like a pig … her language was indescribably common and coarse , and whether eating , drinking , speaking , washing or even pissing , her vulgarity and idiocy were intolerable . |
| 10 | There was not a noise but seemed to tell of danger . |
| 11 | The air felt storm-charged and Jessamy 's nerve-ends responded with a prickling that seemed to warn of danger ahead . |
| 12 | The research involves experimental studies of memory for sequences of movement , body centred encoding of movement , and memory for movements which can be named . |
| 13 | My mother claimed to disapprove of gossip . |
| 14 | WE can get rid of Trident missiles just as we got rid of cruise missiles . |
| 15 | When I got rid of fear I found we could make friends . |
| 16 | It was written that one day you returned smelling of snow and very ill from winter . |
| 17 | All my possessions began to smell of smoke ; even my better clothes which I kept in a closed cupboard under the bunk . |
| 18 | He began to talk of death , and asked us to pray with him . |
| 19 | But the Church in Fulham began to think of Easter . |
| 20 | He could see no way out and in his anguish he began to think of doing himself in ; the method he would use would have to be quick and simple . |
| 21 | When nearly all the passengers ( including Filmer ) had left , heading for their own rooms or the observation car , we cleared the tables , spread fresh cloths and began thinking of food for ourselves . |
| 22 | Brian began to complain of muscle pains and was put back on a low dose papaveretum infusion ( 2–4mg/hr ) . |
| 23 | One week later another such envelope popped mysteriously through the letter box , this time addressed to STAR OF STAGE , SCREEN AND TRAMPOLINE . |
| 24 | Then he leaned back in his chair and started to think of Topaz . |
| 25 | The family called him when Clare started to complain of chest pains in the late afternoon but he did n't come out ; told them she 'd just strained something ; rest and painkillers . |
| 26 | Or it could be related to a third confounding variable such as personality and this latter variable related to risk of depression ( Figure 4.3C ) . |
| 27 | I said she looked made of money , did n't I ? ’ |
| 28 | It was the year that the Beatles released ‘ Revolution ’ , a record one American critic charged would be suitable for the Democratic Party 's 1968 platform , with Lennon 's put-downs of people who went talking of Chairman Mao and were n't going to make it anyhow . |
| 29 | ’ You did not lead a particularly high life style and the money went to pay of credit cards , rent arrears , phone bills and taxi fares . |
| 30 | Joyce Quin , the Parliamentarian , kept talking of level playing fields . |