Example sentences of "[verb] of [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The waitress looks at her pen , as if willing it to write of its own accord . |
| 2 | Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order ; the court must act of its own volition . |
| 3 | Similarly , we could follow up people 20 years on to assess the results of our child care work , but even if we could successfully trace them , is it right to contact them after all that time when their spouses and children may not know of their earlier histories ? |
| 4 | For what did they know of her half-hearted attempts at abortion , the years ' endurance . |
| 5 | ‘ It 'll be your turn soon , Philly , ’ one of them , who did n't know of her broken engagement , said . |
| 6 | What do you know of my inner torment ? |
| 7 | Your lover need not know of our little trip . ’ |
| 8 | Regular readers will know of our past adventures with food . |
| 9 | We ask that they may know of your daily provision of all kinds of needs , and especially for Rob 's studies , that he may be able to learn and think with Your mind at all times . |
| 10 | I do n't know of his 26-volume autobiography which Miss Godden asks about , but his 180-volume diary provided the material for a 400-page biography by David Newsome , entitled On the Edge of Paradise : A. C. Benson , Diarist . |
| 11 | Like Piquet he changed his name ( from Senna da Silva to Senna ) so his family would n't know of his racing exploits . |
| 12 | ‘ Let me tell you , Deveraugh , ’ She gritted , her voice shaking with anger , ‘ I 've had just about all I can stomach of your malicious slanders . |
| 13 | In short , he begins to display precisely the comportment his contemporaries would have expected of their rightful king . |
| 14 | It therefore seemed logical to press a little of every suitable plant in her garden and later to create a design from it that would remind her for many years to come of her treasured garden . |
| 15 | As the educated urban elite abandon Mr Collor , following a series of media exposes of his political record , he has relied on continued support from rural voters at rallies of up to 70,000 . |
| 16 | Her eyes dropped of their own accord to his hard mouth . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I knew you 'd be deeply disturbed by everything that had happened , ’ he went on , unheeding of her faltering intervention . |
| 18 | Occasionally she became upset when reminded of her former marriage . |
| 19 | The first time she nearly burnt me in my bed , and the second time she visited you , and must have been reminded of her own wedding day by seeing your wedding dress . ’ |
| 20 | Feasting her eyes on him as he quickly enclosed his nether limbs , Gina was forcibly reminded of their first meeting . |
| 21 | In conclusion , tutors are again reminded of their great responsibilities for achieving the high aims set out in the first paragraph . |
| 22 | He ought to have been reminded of their joint suffering before he committed his fault . |
| 23 | Nor to be reminded of their smouldering resentments against this girl of their of age who was so ‘ lady-like ’ and ‘ nose-in-the-air ’ so that they might feel that she needed to be brought down a peg or two . |
| 24 | And if so , it is devoutly to be wished that both his SNP and Liberal Democrat opponents in North Aberdeen at the next election will together ensure that his constituents are reminded of their sitting member 's fundamental disagreement with his own party 's long-established policy on this key constitutional question . |
| 25 | We have been constantly reminded of our 25th anniversary by the Official Opening Ceremony on Saturday 29th August , the Service of Thanksgiving in the Church of the Holy Rude , the Logie Kirk Commemoration of the University Mace , a prestigious series of public lectures , concerts , exhibitions , parties of all kinds and , yet to come , the Silver Jubilee Graduation Ball in early July . |
| 26 | Reminded of my defunct parent , I said , ‘ Father believed in the Resurrection . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Stott 's workshop was actually on the Roman Wall and every time I cast , or see my rod bend in anger , I am reminded of my beautiful Northumberland home . |
| 28 | Another ambition has been financial reward , and it is a lucky man who escapes a conversation with Jackie without being reminded of his various positions , his bankers , his lawyers , his accountants and his courtiers . |
| 29 | So far this is normal and to be expected , but if Claire is told often enough how good she is when she feels herself to be bad , or if Henry is constantly reminded of his vicious streak when he is aware of other , ignored qualities in himself , then both Claire and Henry are likely to become confused as to their own self-images . |
| 30 | He thought : He has acquired the mystique of the story-teller and , glancing at the ring of fire-lit and intent faces , he was suddenly reminded of his first village school , of the children clustered round Miss Douglas at three o'clock on a Friday afternoon for the half hour of story-time , and felt a pang of pain and regret for those lost days of innocence and love . |