Example sentences of "[vb infin] of [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order ; the court must act of its own volition . |
| 2 | Similarly , we could follow up people 20 years on to assess the results of our child care work , but even if we could successfully trace them , is it right to contact them after all that time when their spouses and children may not know of their earlier histories ? |
| 3 | For what did they know of her half-hearted attempts at abortion , the years ' endurance . |
| 4 | ‘ It 'll be your turn soon , Philly , ’ one of them , who did n't know of her broken engagement , said . |
| 5 | What do you know of my inner torment ? |
| 6 | Your lover need not know of our little trip . ’ |
| 7 | Regular readers will know of our past adventures with food . |
| 8 | We ask that they may know of your daily provision of all kinds of needs , and especially for Rob 's studies , that he may be able to learn and think with Your mind at all times . |
| 9 | I do n't know of his 26-volume autobiography which Miss Godden asks about , but his 180-volume diary provided the material for a 400-page biography by David Newsome , entitled On the Edge of Paradise : A. C. Benson , Diarist . |
| 10 | Like Piquet he changed his name ( from Senna da Silva to Senna ) so his family would n't know of his racing exploits . |
| 11 | ‘ Let me tell you , Deveraugh , ’ She gritted , her voice shaking with anger , ‘ I 've had just about all I can stomach of your malicious slanders . |
| 12 | The tribunal may also direct of its own motion that there be a pre-hearing assessment . |
| 13 | Liza Tremayne , going about her duties at Southern Command and ever susceptible to atmosphere , was possibly more conscious of this than many of the girls with whom she worked , girls who she well knew did not altogether approve of her present lifestyle . |
| 14 | She hoped he would approve of her smart black dress and the way she had pulled her hair back from her face and pinned it in a classical knot at the back of her head . |
| 15 | ‘ Then I 'm afraid you might not approve of our rustic environment and rural activities . ’ |
| 16 | What South American readers will make of his repeated references to the former enemy as ‘ Argies ’ or of the punchy foreword by Mrs Thatcher is hard to predict . |
| 17 | ‘ I wonder what they 'll make of our humble little home . ’ |
| 18 | What does the learner make of it all ? |
| 19 | What do the waiters make of it all ? |
| 20 | I suppose what I was asked and what I said in reply will be subject to the ‘ 30 year rule ’ — and heaven knows what any archivist will make of it all in the year 2012 ! |
| 21 | ‘ I wonder what St Wilfrid would make of it all ’ , wrote the 1984 committee chairman in the feast programme . |
| 22 | WHAT would Amos Brearly make of it all ? |
| 23 | ‘ What d' you make of it all ? ’ |
| 24 | " What on earth do you make of it all ? " |
| 25 | There was no hint of warmth in her tone , and Alexei could think of nothing appropriate to say . |
| 26 | On one occasion , when George Brown was to give a seminal broadcast on a new financial plan , Wigg , who had been assigned by the Prime Minister to ensure , or to endeavour to ensure , that Brown arrived at Broadcasting House respectably sober , could think of nothing better to do than to consign him in the early afternoon to the sitting-room in my flat at Ashley Gardens . |
| 27 | I could think of nothing better to say than ‘ I 'm glad you think so , Joe . ’ |
| 28 | If she was honest , right at this moment she could think of nothing better than being able to collapse into bed , but it had to be alone . |
| 29 | In the midst of this terrible recession this government can think of nothing better than scrapping Wages Councils and introducing more union curbs . |
| 30 | ‘ You appear to be familiar with two groups of the old : the wingeing paranoid dimwits who can think of nothing better to do than queue unnecessarily , and the depraved and corrupt denizens of ffeatherstonehaugh 's . |