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Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] of [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’
2	The salutation seemed to open infinite possibilities , and expressed a recognition of his right to travel ; he felt welcomed , and also saw that he had been given something of inestimable value .
3	Minutes before the poison he had taken took its final effect , a friend broke into the room to tell Stephen that a government maintenance had been granted him of two guineas a week .
4	‘ You 're accusing me of burning dogs again , are n't you ?
5	Ah well , they are refurbishing plenty of other things besides the buildings and the language .
6	If you want to keep Pimelodus pictus with small fish , you might find you can get away with it in a densely planted tank , so long as the Pims are getting plenty of other food to eat .
7	And the question I 've been asking myself of this , is that erm , where did we start from .
8	While this is taking place they should be given plenty of nourishing food and a varied diet .
9	In addition to the enormous amount you will learn on the day , you will be given lots of helpful written information to take home , and have the opportunity to buy relevant Domino publications .
10	I 'm warning you of this cos you know it 's disappointing if you do n't do well .
11	I 'm meeting lots of new people , and since the divorce I 've thrown myself into my job . ’
12	And 12 people will be getting plenty of restful nights with our fifth prize .
13	‘ Now look you two , I 'm having none of that in the back of my cab !
14	SORRY , BUT I 'm having none of this .
15	This whole attitude to work seems to me to be missing something of deep significance .
16	What we had was basically method things where we were given lots of experimental things we would do in the laboratory , but no real philosophy behind it , no sod of follow through .
17	I thought that elementary particles were less attractive because , although scientists were finding lots of new particles , there was no proper theory at that time .
18	Guy and Brian were discussing something of limited interest to women : something to do with commerce and the City .
19	There is no point in teaching prefixes if the child is making errors in the initial consonant ; and if he 's uncertain about the relationship of sound to symbol , and is producing lots of phonic alternatives , then that must be solved before anything else is approached .
20	• The second , less-predictable method , is to grow plenty of macro algae such as Caulerpa spp .
21	The best thing to do when faced with cupboard traumas is to buy lots of clever accessories that hang from every available hook .
22	She 's not young for a first baby , of course , but she 's getting plenty of good food , so should soon get built up . ’
23	The object is to determine which of these phrases is the most semantically acceptable .
24	‘ My advice is to learn lots of two letter words to bump up your score .
25	And er hopefully John 's making plenty of these out as well .
26	A helpful first step is to remind ourselves of current databasing options .
27	A good starting point for any assertiveness training is to remind ourselves of some of these basic rights ( see Figure 6.2 ) .
28	Its sudden reappearance , a product of the uncertain economic times in Eastern Europe , at first seemed easily explained , but whether it was wartime booty or a token of gratitude , whether a museum who may or may not have owned it wanted it back or not , whether it was legally correct or amoral , by putting it up for auction ( and illustrating it on the catalogue cover ) Sotheby 's assured themselves of one thing : whatever they did would be wrong .
29	The English public knows little of de Pomiane 's work and it is missing something of great value .
30	By depriving these children of the chance to learn languages or humanities we are depriving them of all those resources that the ruling elites of the country find so important .