Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mix-up in dates has also occurred in other parts of the country and Neil Dickinson , secretary of the English Schools AAA , wrote to county secretaries a month ago reminding them of the recommended date . |
| 2 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
| 3 | Willie pulls himself up the stairs reminding me of an elderly praying mantis . |
| 4 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 5 | Let us finish by reminding ourselves of the traditional skills and purposes of historians . |
| 6 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 7 | ‘ A visit to the Moon and a space walk-to say nothing of the Big Dipper and the Whiplash — all in one day ? |
| 8 | The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange . |
| 9 | As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space . |
| 10 | A telephone call to establish whether I had been made redundant or , if not , to inform me of the administrative delay , would have been far more appropriate , and possibly cheaper , than a typed letter announcing the uncleared cheque and the administrative charge . |
| 11 | Once we can rid ourselves of the dual notions that some magic divides jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional questions and that all matters of law have one inexorably correct meaning which must always be supplied by the courts , we are in a position to make a reasoned choice . |
| 12 | Michael came to mountaineering through its literature and found someone of a like mind who was also keen to start . |
| 13 | Shocking as the assault had been , it had prepared her for another encounter — an encounter with a youth of her own age , bewildered and uneasy , one called to high estate who found himself of a sudden alone on the edge of an abyss … |
| 14 | Right and what do we know which of the other sides do we know ? |
| 15 | But she did not know which of the many doors of the hall-way was that of their bedroom . |
| 16 | Carers are often confused because they do n't know which of the many agencies to go to . |
| 17 | How do you know which of the thousands of children 's books published every year are best for your own , individual children ? |
| 18 | When you are working back from the cosine , sine or tangent you do n't know which of the 2 possible angles is correct . |
| 19 | I do n't know which of the three of us was the more childishly involved in its decoration . |
| 20 | In addition , it is important to know which of the altered plasma factors in the diabetic state are responsible for enhanced platelet function . |
| 21 | She has plenty of the proper sort . ’ |
| 22 | It is difficult to establish which of the two scientific theories could hold sway . |
| 23 | A more open mind was required to discover which of the many possible patterns God had actually chosen to instantiate . |
| 24 | But why could n't he rid himself of the eerie sensation that it had already happened , that everyone knew except him , that he was being deliberately kept in the dark ? |
| 25 | To find which of the five is the most fragrant , we 'll be holding a studio sniff-in on Morning Edition at 8.45am on Saturday August 31 . |
| 26 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
| 27 | If I tell you that I can rid you of the damned spots will ye do what I say ? ’ |
| 28 | Maclagan — jogged silently down the lock 's east wall but found none of the expected demolitions at its gates . |
| 29 | I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless . |
| 30 | The test machine contains a 10-kW turbine and a 4-metre rotor , which is turned by both incoming and outgoing tides ; it will be anchored to the sea bed and therefore needs none of the costly and environmentally damaging civil engineering works associated with other tidal power schemes such as barrages . |