Example sentences of "[verb] of a [noun sg] [prep] " 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 source of parts ? |
| 3 | Walter Henry , as might be expected of a man of his background , calling and intellect , was much concerned with the well-being of his people and campaigned actively on their behalf . |
| 4 | It uses less than three-quarters of the energy expected of a mammal of its size . |
| 5 | The poems are of course cleverly written but that is only to be expected of a writer of John Bitumen 's calibre . |
| 6 | The Code of Conduct is primarily intended as an indication of the standards of behaviour expected of a member of the Association . |
| 7 | It seems that any attempt to conceive of a content of a mental event , separately from its inherent subject , is in a way futile . |
| 8 | At the same time he rightly argues that it is premature to conceive of a cycle of decentralization since that might ‘ presuppose the existence of one single major engine behind the process and suggest the possibility of the recurrence of a similar round of developments in the future ’ ( pp. 35–6 ) . |
| 9 | It may be that this relexicalized version has not been actually attested and , may never occur in the future but it acquires normality because it is relatively easy to conceive of a context for it . |
| 10 | It is at least equally easy to conceive of a divide between Labour ( 35 per cent ) and anti-Labour ( the rest ) . |
| 11 | The report revealed that the riots had been sparked off by police mishandling of a case in which a trader was beaten up by a customs official in Taipei . |
| 12 | People expect of a theory of origins that in some way or other it gives them some quite privileged and special position , and they feel undermined and threatened by a theory of origin which does n't say something really rather special about them . |
| 13 | Felix was reminded of a man in the grip of a terminal fever . |
| 14 | ( I am reminded of a passage in a book by Doris Lessing , where she says : ‘ I want this court to condemn Volyen utterly , root and branch , for failing to instruct its young in the rules that its own psychologists and anthropologists have extracted from research and study : for failing to arm its youth with information that would enable it — the youth — to resist being swept away with any system of ideas that happens to be available ’ . ) |
| 15 | Residents are reminded of a concert to be held in Escomb village hall on March 6 at 7.30pm . |
| 16 | He watched me , smiling but sharp , and for some reason — for no reason — I was reminded of a time at school when I had tried to make one friend betray another , and failed . |
| 17 | Zambia was reminded of a line from a childhood poem : the smile on the face of the tiger . |
| 18 | I am reminded of a line in Tony Kushner 's play Angels in America , " as a monolith it is not unimpressive . " |
| 19 | However , whenever I become confused about what is the highest moral imperative , I am reminded of a quote by conservationist Michael Soule who said : ‘ An end to life is one thing , an end to birth is something else ! ' ’ |
| 20 | Watching , Jess was reminded of a pack of alley cats she 'd seen at the rear of Samson 's smithy one night . |
| 21 | She was reminded of a remark in Tristram 's last letter to Beatrix — ‘ Such a foolish conceit , in both senses , eh ? ’ — and she wondered if she was about to succumb to a similar temptation . |
| 22 | But he did n't like being imprisoned any more than me and one night made off across the wire with a pal of his , disposing of a sentry along the way . |
| 23 | Imagine Charlie with his sweeping brush and shovel neatly disposing of a pile of horse droppings and then , looking into the camera , observing a passing elephant . |
| 24 | In the very nature of things the orders disposing of a case by a final court of appeal will almost invariably remain inviolate . |
| 25 | In a street not far from Wymark Street the same demolition firm was disposing of a row of tenements . |
| 26 | Marcia Tobias was now disposing of a plateful of chocolate-coated balls with discreet efficiency . |
| 27 | Even today there will be readers who will be glad to know of a formula for dealing with a salmon or a piece of one received as a present , too big to be consumed immediately and likely to prove wearisome if eaten cold day after day . |
| 28 | I happen to know of a supply in Siena but I 'd rather you kept it dark . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He does n't approve of a lot of things . |