Example sentences of "[adj] of [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a word of warning : be careful of relying on a person too far away from yourself . |
| 2 | There was a certain story my father was fond of repeating over the years . |
| 3 | Writers about midlife are fond of referring to the empty nest syndrome , much to the annoyance of feminists , who deplore the notion that women need children to bolster their sense of self-worth . |
| 4 | I would suggest ‘ He was a great realist ’ or perhaps ‘ He was never afraid of looking like a prat ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that I 'm afraid of living in a strange place , Ruth . |
| 7 | Pacepa says that Ceauşescu was afraid of poisoning after the CIA 's attempt to murder Fidel Castro by impregnating his clothes with potions to make his beard fall out , and so he ordered the Securitate department which provided all his personal needs free of charge to arrange for the manufacture of a new set of clothes for every day of his life . |
| 8 | But it is absurd to be unduly afraid of borrowing by the state . |
| 9 | 'Are you afraid of going into the glory of our Lord Hapexamendios ? ’ |
| 10 | May I help you by suggesting that if you could persuade the Prime Minister to fix the election date now there would be no need for this pre-election period — if the Prime Minister would stop shilly-shallying because he is afraid of going to the country . |
| 11 | If you are afraid of talking to a crowd , remember that this is not a crowd of strangers , but a crowd of friends . |
| 12 | Partly it was pride ; I could n't countenance exposing all that I was feeling ; but — and I know this does n't mitigate anything , but perhaps it balances the self-interest , self-protection or whatever it was — even then I was also still afraid of succumbing to the temptation to use the power I sensed I could have over you , and the use would have been abuse . ’ |
| 13 | Let us reconsider the example of the person who is afraid of shopping in the supermarket ( see Figure 4.8 ) . |
| 14 | Wanting to be sick and afraid of choking under the gag . |
| 15 | We seem somehow , to be shy of shouting from the rooftops of our many , many achievements over the years , here in the United Kingdom and overseas . |
| 16 | They found Smyth guilty of breaking into a house at Athelstane Road , also on October 3 last year , and a breach of the Bail Act . |
| 17 | I tend to be guilty of deviating from the subject matter , this being tantamount to stealing the thunder from the individual under scrutiny . |
| 18 | He claimed all countries have been guilty of tampering with the ball and conceded : ‘ We do n't know what we are going to do , and the countries do n't know the answer . |
| 19 | Let's all not get guilty of over-reacting to an awful result . |
| 20 | In Albert v. Lavin it was assumed that the defendant was guilty of assaulting in the execution of his duty an off-duty policeman who was seeking to prevent a breach of the peace . |
| 21 | At the policy committee Coun. Tony Richmond , Conservative group leader , accused Labour of ratting on an earlier pledge to allow the disabled access . |
| 22 | Rapidly gulping down the first drink ( or starting on spirits before changing to beer or wine ) may be indicative of craving for the " feel " of alcohol . |
| 23 | By July he hoped to be able to meet Butcher at Cheam , a property where the fourth Duke had spent his early married life ; but only if the weather proved favourable , ‘ for I have had the Rheumatism so bad of late , as to make me fearful of riding in the wet ’ . |
| 24 | Eurobankers are beginning to be chary of lending to the nationalized industries and state authorities of even big countries in balance of payments deficits . |
| 25 | I enjoyed the hurly burly of working with the oil men and fishermen on the wild coastlines of the north west and the islands . |
| 26 | Often students are either nervous of venturing into the third field or ignorant that opinions and recommendations are required to complete the report . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sick of hearing about the money Lennox Lewis , Frank Bruno and Chris Eubank are earning , ’ said the 30-year-old WBO champion , making his first defence of the 8st 10lb title . |
| 28 | Hilton was certainly conscious of writing for a wide monastic audience , but The Ladder is ostensibly written for a nun , who was enclosed in a convent and bound by traditional monastic disciplines , but who also seemed about to begin a more solitary life . |
| 29 | As different strata of the educated public became conscious of belonging to a substantial and articulate body of opinion , ‘ society 's ’ self-confidence grew . |
| 30 | Once , knowing she could n't be heard , she shouted back and was conscious of looking like a pinkish , fair-haired and flustered fish with its mouth moving silently behind glass . |