Example sentences of "[vb pp] of [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea has been mooted of throwing our weight behind her version . |
| 2 | This was a chance , but I was frightened of taking it , frightened of exposing myself and failing . |
| 3 | Are humans frightened of discovering their purpose or , rather better , non-purpose and , if this occurred , would mass suicide occur or would there be a new amazing enlightened state of humanity with everyone truly an individual and fully capable of " switching on " everyone else ? |
| 4 | But Aldi says it has had trouble : the Office of Fair Trading is investigating Aldi 's claim that suppliers , frightened of affronting their main customers , have been giving it the cold shoulder . |
| 5 | Upmarket readers generally scorn to read about somebody we 've never heard of having it off with somebody else we 've never heard of . |
| 6 | She had tried all the sane home remedies she had ever heard of to dislodge it . |
| 7 | Well , we 'd heard of burning one 's boats , but really ! |
| 8 | ‘ Just because I knew Mills was suspected of betraying someone does not necessarily mean that I had anything to do with his unfortunate death . |
| 9 | This irresponsible attitude does nothing to help children , nor parents who are not suspected of abusing them . |
| 10 | Internally , it was a different matter where ultra-nationalist rivals and critics of even temporary accommodation with the French , as well as those who were suspected of favouring them , were being liquidated in purges which were probably as bloody as most in Eastern Europe and on some occasions it seems the former were killed as a result of Franco-Vietminh collaboration . |
| 11 | The criminal Grimes is already suspected of murdering his apprentices , and no one will go fishing with him in his boat . |
| 12 | But there is a darker aspect for he is liable to be suspected of misusing his magical powers as a sorcerer or purveyor of evil spells and potions . |
| 13 | It was bad enough finding the poor bugger ; to be suspected of carving him up put me in a right tizzy ! |
| 14 | She was also suspected of killing her three-year-old daughter , who had disappeared . |
| 15 | The little man had appeared shocked at the very idea that Alfred might be suspected of killing his brother yet he had gone on , with a certain relish , to provide a convincing motive — if a motive which has lain dormant for thirty years is still convincing . |
| 16 | For those who ‘ liked a job to do ’ there was the distribution of food and clothing and fuel , and there were some who did it honestly and others who were suspected of turning it into a ‘ racket ’ . |
| 17 | Whether this could have been said of Halling I know not . |
| 18 | Twenty-four year-old Joseph Patrick Mackin , from Farnham Street , Belfast , was accused of stealing their passports , credit cards and £150 . |
| 19 | AN EMINENT scientist stands accused of stealing his former PhD student 's ideas and publishing them under his own name . |
| 20 | I have heard of chaps being accused of asserting their conjugal rights , but asserting moral rights is obviously something else . |
| 21 | A MAN accused of holding his girlfriend hostage at gunpoint at a house in Darlington for two days over Easter appeared in court yesterday . |
| 22 | Eli himself for the most part does not appear in a bad light , but as the one responsible for the proper functioning of the sanctuary , he is implicated in his sons ' guilt , is at one point accused of sharing their greed , and is doomed to share in great disgrace about to befall his family . |
| 23 | ‘ If Diana can be accused of contriving anything then it is to ensure her own survival . ’ |
| 24 | A boss who was accused of rationing his workers ' toilet paper today insisted ‘ I 'm no skinflint ’ . |
| 25 | Elvira is possibly the only lady in the world who can not be accused of enlarging her chest by putting tissue paper in her bra ; firstly because she is never seen in one and secondly have you seen the points on her high heels ? |
| 26 | And , although aware that the design of the Panopticon could be accused of violating its occupants ' liberty , Bentham remained unmoved : foreseeing this criticism , he replied : " Objection — liberty infringed . |
| 27 | My children have been quite improperly denied their home , family and friends for nearly two and a half years , and I , and others , have been falsely accused of abusing them . |
| 28 | They were accused of snubbing their French hosts by missing two official functions . |
| 29 | On issues of central political concern , Rodríguez was accused of breaking his election promise of land reform by vetoing laws passed by the Congress which would have introduced land dispute courts and expropriated a large estate . |
| 30 | CND was accused of using its computer to record the political activities of its 60 000 members , to allocate them to local groups and check on their attendance at meetings . |