Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I never play again , no one can rob me of the memory , ’ he says . |
| 2 | British Waterways and the Ministry of Agriculture have been approached by fishing clubs in the region to help rid them of the menace which is depleting fish stocks in the canal . |
| 3 | In a drift away from the Auld Alliance , leading magnates appealed to the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth of England to help rid them of the French . |
| 4 | If I tell you that I can rid you of the damned spots will ye do what I say ? ’ |
| 5 | While you could manage a holiday in St Florent without transport , that would rob you of the chance to see more of the wonderful Corsican scenery . |
| 6 | If Bowe wins and opts for a first defence against veteran George Foreman , the WBC have confirmed they will strip him of the title and declare Lennox Lewis champion . |
| 7 | A second application in two weeks , followed by another more careful combing , would completely rid him of the pests . |
| 8 | As the living room of his end-terraced council house in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , Ayrshire , became a court , Mr McTear admitted that even the awful price of his former 60-a-day habit could not rid him of the temptation . |
| 9 | She hopes it 'll rid her of the physical and emotional pain . |
| 10 | Your sick parent must be mentally fit to make this decision of her own free will , and it does not rob her of the right to make her own decisions as to the spending of her money or her free access to it . |
| 11 | May God give you of the dew of heaven , |
| 12 | If the foot Melanie could you give us of the Jenny in the plaster room ? |
| 13 | The national brewers , whose attitude to staff and tenants would bring a blush to the face of the average Victorian mill owner , object to new legislation that would deprive them of the right to evict tenants and their families at a moment 's notice . |
| 14 | This is just as well , since such a decision will deprive you of the legal rights that you would have if you were dismissed . |
| 15 | Gifford , though he gave advice from his own experience , told him to take nothing on trust , but ‘ to cry mightily unto the Lord that He would convince him of the truth thereof ’ : he must work out his own salvation . |
| 16 | Swapo remains the overwhelming favourite to win the United Nations-supervised elections next month , but claims that the organisation has detained and tortured many of its members in Angola and Zambia may deprive it of the two-thirds majority needed to form a government in an independent Namibia without holding another election . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd better apprise you of the situation to date . |
| 18 | It is run by a closely integrated team which mark and assess all work and as they say ‘ having chosen to study with us , we can assure you of the highest standards of personal attention , help and guidance throughout your course … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 20 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We do n't tell them of the major side effects for fear of losing them ’ Field worker , Kenya |
| 22 | Someone will probably tell me of the almost incredible persistence of the Karroo sandstones of southern and eastern Africa , or the Nubian sandstones across North Africa into the Middle East , or the Dakota Sandstone in the American West . |
| 23 | Most of the reinforcements could not inform me of the health of Colonel Vaughan , but they all had vivid recollections of the most unusual weather conditions in the Highlands , and at the moment regarded their situation here in Normandy as an improvement on Achnacarry . |
| 24 | I would be grateful if you could inform me of the person in your department who would be dealing with the register of Wildlife Sites . |
| 25 | He has been to my constituency recently , although he did not inform me of the fact . |
| 26 | A full investigation of the facts is currently being carried out , but in the meantime we can inform you of the following . |
| 27 | I have said we will be pleased to provide back-up with visitor 's packs etc and that I would inform you of the request . |
| 28 | If you have selected any messages to be printed , LIFESPAN will inform you of the filename in which your mail messages will appear in your current VMS directory . |
| 29 | LIFESPAN will inform you of the filename in which your mail messages will appear in your current VMS directory . |
| 30 | LIFESPAN will inform you of the filename in which your mail messages will appear in your current VMS directory . |