Example sentences of "[verb] of [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to find someone on the same wavelength , who knows your mind , your love of freedom , who thinks of you the same instant you think of him . |
| 2 | I guess an inexperienced parent just does n't know what to do with these intruders in the nest , and disposes of them the only way it can . |
| 3 | Only later , I told the now somewhat quivering Principal , only later , when Rosa had gone , did it come to mind that one or two of the other girls had made of me the same enquiry over the past twelve months . |
| 4 | The quicker he got rid of her the better . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got something , all right , and the sooner I can get rid of it the happier I 'll be . |
| 6 | If you think of it the other way when , what happens when a price , when a price falls , alright , if farmers er , assume that price fall will be sustained over a number of periods , then they think , right well in order to achieve the same level of income , right , as I did previously , if prices have fallen , I 'm going to have to increase my output . |
| 7 | I was thinking of them the other night , well they er , five at least erm they were |
| 8 | His natural talent and readiness to learn , together with irregular but extremely fruitful attendance at the Istituto di Belle Arti , were to make of him the amazing so-called ‘ painter of Old Masters ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing ever comes of it the first time , anyway , ’ Mandy assured her . |