Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It owes much to acting of charm and conviction from Michael Crawford and Sarah Long as the boy and girl , ’ wrote the Coventry Evening Telegraph critic . |
| 2 | Soon after coming of age , his ‘ hard conscience ’ towards his tenantry drew on him a judicial rebuke from the lord chancellor Thomas Egerton , Baron Ellesmere [ q.v. ] , and he steadily enlarged his estate by buying out minor gentry families in the vicinity . |
| 3 | Unrest set off by silencing of cleric . |
| 4 | It was only discovered at a post mortem when Mr Kitchen , of Beverley , near Hull , died weeks later after complaining of chest pains . |
| 5 | For the same village in which the cricket club flourished , the parish council records ( which date from 1894 , the year of the Act which established such bodies ) make fascinating reading — receipts for the ‘ Poor Lands Charity ’ were £76.2.8½d ( mainly from renting of parish land ) , outgoings rather less , leaving a balance in hand at year end of £1.12.5d . |