Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have heard nothing of this ! |
| 2 | ‘ I have heard nothing of this until you came into my gallery a quarter of an hour ago and accused me . |
| 3 | There were astonished interjections from Harbury who had heard nothing of this before , but Shildon went on to say that the accusation stemmed from the sale of the lease on the top part of the Fleet Street building a few years earlier . |
| 4 | He had heard nothing of this . |
| 5 | The new technology of automation had stripped them of any human dignity in their labour . |
| 6 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 7 | Harriet walked home wondering why she had not organised something of this sort before and marvelling at Mrs Rafferty 's complete acceptance of her own role in the community , one in which she obviously took it for granted that she herself had no need or right to ‘ a bit of a break ’ . |
| 8 | It was as if he said it not to me , but equally to everything around us ; as if she stood listening , in the dark shadows by the doors ; as if the telling of his past had reminded him of some great principle he was seeing freshly again . |
| 9 | And seeing Nicole had only reminded her of that fact . |
| 10 | But she has said nothing of that . |
| 11 | Then truly he was afraid , for his small grey friend had said nothing of this narrow little place , and he thought if he put his head in he might never come out alive . |
| 12 | She has said nothing of this to me , and as her father I really ought to know , I think , what she , and you , propose to do , even if in the modern fashion you do not choose to ask me for my blessing . ’ |
| 13 | I have met plenty of those since my husband left me — for another man , incidentally , not for a young bimbo . |
| 14 | But he had done none of these things Instead he had kept his temper , and not even threatened to raise his hand . |
| 15 | The fact that the UK government has done none of these things , leads one to suppose that a genuine improvement in the co-ordination of health and welfare services for the most vulnerable and disabled groups in society has not been the real objective . |
| 16 | She had felt quite revolted when Alec Ardis had , without the smallest encouragement , grabbed her ; she had felt nauseated when Fisher had , uninvited , caught hold of her ; so why had she felt none of these things last Tuesday night , when Naylor Massingham had taken her in his arms ? |
| 17 | McLeish had to remind himself that the dead girl behind them would have felt none of this dank chill . |
| 18 | She had seen none of this glamorous life ; she had seldom even been to smart restaurants , let alone banquets and star-studded receptions . |
| 19 | It is corrupt ; it has betrayed the ideals you worked for , and it has robbed you of any position . ’ |
| 20 | Chairman in your haste to get your own way for once , I mean , I had my hand up for about ten minutes and I thought that er , er our friend on your right had appraised you of that , because I think that you gave just as much a distorted view of what the real problem is , as perhaps Mr did , and I think that the way you railroaded that one through does you no credit at all . |
| 21 | Li Yuan must have seen something of that in her face , for what he said next seemed to penetrate her mood , almost to read her thoughts . |
| 22 | In a sane world , I thought , we would have discussed the state of my feelings , debated whether I loved Syl sufficiently to commit the rest of my life to him , questioned my views on the institution of marriage , examined my mother 's motives in striving to introduce me into this state , have said something of some interest . |
| 23 | Elizabeth 's friend Maud must have said something of this sort , for I find I once wrote to her : ‘ Maud was right , I think . |
| 24 | Had not Lady Lavinia said something of this ? |
| 25 | As it was , the presence of the tall endocrine specialist had robbed her of most of her appetite . |
| 26 | So the museum is stuck firmly in the public sector — except that , as Miss Rankine drily observes , the politicians have robbed it of all Whitehall 's perks , including free auditing and legal advice . |
| 27 | No , I 've never met anyone of that quality , except Giacometti he was certainly a most marvellous man . |
| 28 | Never had she met anyone of such mildness , such ease , such openness of heart , such certainty of pleasing . |
| 29 | We still have n't seen anything of that chip yet , you know from |
| 30 | ‘ We have not seen anything of this kind in Britain , ’ added the Commission 's Head of Site Studies . |