Example sentences of "[vb infin] of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you really know of a Labrador like that or are you — ’ |
| 2 | Do you know of a company which produces self-supporting fencing which is flexible and can be placed around the pond which is an informal shape . |
| 3 | I was in favour of a world religion — an all-enfolding religion rejecting no one , but I did not then know of a church or religion which would include all men . |
| 4 | Does anyone know of a supplier or second-hand dealer who might have one ? |
| 5 | Do you know of a source of parts ? |
| 6 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 7 | The trainee watches a video clip of a client needing savings advice , and can retrieve files and ask questions which are answered by the client . |
| 8 | He shouted to the protesters : ‘ I ask you citizens of Derry , do you approve of a crash programme of 2,000 houses ? ’ |
| 9 | But then the watching gods take a hand ; and one of them says that the great Roman god might not approve of a settlement in Africa , of a mingling of peoples there , of treaties of union between Africans and Romans . |
| 10 | Brown Owl certainly would n't approve of a Brownie trying to do something risky on her own . |
| 11 | But I left in a hurry because the piglets ' mother did n't approve of a stranger wandering among her brood and she came at me open-mouthed , barking explosively . |
| 12 | He does n't approve of a lot of things . |
| 13 | Q. Do you approve of a woman having to have a vaginal examination as apart of the routine medical examination to enter Britain ? |
| 14 | As mentioned before , the fact that one may not approve of a practice can not be a reason for wishing to have it outlawed . |
| 15 | He also saw that if the parties did not approve of a rule laid down by a court — a ‘ certain rule ’ — they could choose to vary it by contract . |
| 16 | The point here is that not only does the present design of a missile invite , or call forth , a suitable antidote , say a radio jamming device . |
| 17 | all that godliness , honour and love could make of a knight was combined in Don Rodrigo … |
| 18 | If you read with such issues in mind — and how they actively affect what sense you can make of a text — introductory notes often become relevant and interesting in unexpected ways . |
| 19 | Orton and his staff did n't think of a ghost until a reporter from Utah joked about the possibility . |
| 20 | If it had been later in the season , and the roses in full bloom , he might have missed the portal altogether , but there was just the one unopened bud on the bare branches , of a delicate peach shade with hints of rose which made him think of a girl 's skin . |
| 21 | It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert . |
| 22 | And I 'll think of a function . |
| 23 | Susan could n't think of a film where he had made it alive to the end credits . |
| 24 | Can anyone think of a way of proposing amendments before the postal ballot without the wasted expense of additional mailings ? |
| 25 | Back at his hotel , packing for his return to London , John wondered how to fit this large acquisition into his luggage , could not think of a way , decided that he did not want a souvenir of the trip anyway because of his gloom about the impending ballet , so tore it up and threw it in the wastepaper basket . |
| 26 | Can you think of a way the retailer could get over this ? |
| 27 | John Nott said that the nuclear submarine Dreadnought was going to be scrapped as soon as anyone could think of a way of doing it and the US and USSR declined to consider each other 's plans for nuclear disarmament . |
| 28 | Finally , as some homework , can you think of a way of adapting these two exercises so that they can be linked together in an ongoing continuum ? |
| 29 | I could think of a way to feed a family of four on 50 pence each or less |
| 30 | Then we 'll think of a way to get to Jersey . |