Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she did possess mettle , though going round alone in the jeep was — I believe — just feminine carelessness , like the terrible state she 'd leave her room in for her maid : powder everywhere , pink for face , white for body ; her long , strong , glossy hairs in the sink , so you would have thought the orang-utan had been availing himself of the facilities and not a pretty young woman of thirty-one . |
| 2 | From the times of the original Glasgow Harbour at the Broomielaw in the 1660s , the atmosphere of the Clydeside had been acquiring something of the West Indies , the South China Sea , the coasts of Africa and India , and all the magic , terror and richness of the seven seas of the world . |
| 3 | Being apart all week means you 're doing none of the things young married couples normally do — building up a joint lifestyle , going out , having friends around and generally enjoying yourselves together . |
| 4 | That , in itself , was not unusual ; but for once he had been told nothing of the reason for the meeting . |
| 5 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 6 | Clearly in looking at the travel agent sector we have already been analysing something of the domestic arm of the industry since these agents also arrange domestic holidays or parts of them . |
| 7 | The companies who thought they were buying themselves employees to stack their shelves or deliver mail are getting nothing of the sort . |
| 8 | ‘ I am doing nothing of the sort . |
| 9 | We are doing nothing of the sort . |
| 10 | It was possible , however that from a licensed dealer they would be getting nothing of the kind . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm doing nothing of the sort . |
| 12 | ‘ Then I 'm saying nothing of the kind . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm saying nothing of the kind , ’ snapped Penry , leaping to his feet . |
| 14 | He pulled out a burnet leaf and ate it slowly , concealing his fear as best he could ; for all his instincts were warning him of the dangers in the unknown country beyond the warren . |
| 15 | There are , for example , far too many films portraying psychopaths , homicidal maniacs and serial killers , the audience being spared none of the morbid details . |
| 16 | Under the presiding genius of Roger , bishop of Salisbury , Henry 's most brilliant administrator — said to have been first chosen as chaplain by Henry ( whose tastes were different from the Confessor 's ) for the speed with which he could finish his mass — the English financial departments were achieving something of the efficiency and maturity of their Sicilian counterparts . |
| 17 | It would be sad if ill-health were to deprive him of the chance to become the first democratically-elected president of South Africa . |
| 18 | He urged them to recognize that by not understanding the thought of India they were depriving themselves of the opportunity of serving India . |
| 19 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 20 | IAN KNOX of Ardglass has been telling me of the hazards of his favourite pastime , riding penny-farthing bicycles . |
| 21 | He had n't been thinking anything of the sort and last night he had only suggested he could settle her business for her with a phone call to the manager , whom he knew well , because he wanted to take her out today instead of waiting outside hotels for her . |
| 22 | The aim of the game is to see which of the teams can fill up their glass the first . |
| 23 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 24 | He is reminding us of the way we are coming to the Lord . |
| 25 | The former Cardiff winger has his faults but so far he has adapted well to his new code and in a Bradford side playing more expansively these days is seeing plenty of the ball . |
| 26 | To the extant that Professor Preston is warning us of the dangers of oversimplification and bad herme-neutics then we do well to listen to him . |
| 27 | The choreographer 's problem is to select which of the movements are appropriate , when and how they are to be incorporated and what style and quality they require . |
| 28 | The truth is that the party leadership , in contradiction to its own declarations , is ridding itself of the democratic wing of the party and is preparing for social revenge and for a party and state coup . " |
| 29 | There is no money , the country is in a crisis from which there seems no way out , and anyone who wants hard currency is selling anything of the slightest interest . |
| 30 | All you have to do is decide which of the puddings on these pages from Cadbury 's The Taste of Chocolate would be the perfect ending to each of the following menus . |