Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] of a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know of a female member of this union who was sexually abused by her male colleagues , who I might add , are members of the G M B. |
| 2 | I know of a young female who had to show a leading hand a tampon out of her pocket , to prove that she needed a toilet . |
| 3 | ‘ I know of a short lease up for sale , just off Soho Square , ’ Brassard interrupted . |
| 4 | I know of a lovely teacher who told her boys and girls in school about God 's plan for the animals and they had a mother bunny in her cage right in the schoolroom . |
| 5 | Harald died three months later , I believe of a broken heart . |
| 6 | If you think of a famous building that you associate with London okay we are doing life in the city , we all live in London okay , think in your mind of a famous building for example Saint Paul 's , what I want you to do , and we 'll go round the class , is that I want you to describe yourself |
| 7 | We English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler , he is bound , almost by definition , to be an Englishman . |
| 8 | You think of a warm , inky cave and you got its mouth all right . |
| 9 | When we speak of a delinquent subculture , we speak of a way of life that has somehow become traditional among certain groups in American society . |
| 10 | In many cases we speak of a given condition as cause and it is the one action or piece of behaviour involved , something to which responsibility attaches . |
| 11 | The other instance : we are told on unimpeachable authority that a woman is looking forward to the birth of her daughter ; years later we read of a young man arriving on the scene . |
| 12 | On another page we read of a homeless man being allowed to freeze nearly to death in the centre of our capital city , and having both legs amputated from frostbite . |
| 13 | In short , when we hear of a peaceful society , we are likely to envision a society that is somehow the antithesis of the self-absorbed individualism of the modern urban-industrial world . |
| 14 | When we hear of a sustained flow of funds ‘ into ’ investment trusts , we must recognise that extra funds do not go into the trust at all ( except in one case we shall come to in a moment ) . |
| 15 | DOWN under being the truly operative phrase , we hear of a stunning revelation about how our Antipodean cousins ‘ sex ’ a grape . |
| 16 | We conceive of a gentle , non-violent , ecologically sound way of living , with a reducing need for energy , as we transform an economy which is devouring its own natural basis . |
| 17 | There was a dissenting opinion on the hatters but , from another source , William Lovett , we learn of a delayed improvement among the cabinet makers . |
| 18 | They consist of a complete system but without specific knowledge from the area of expertise , which must be provided by the user . |
| 19 | Leonora sipped her tea in silence , watching him dispose of a large slice of cheese and several wholewheat biscuits . |
| 20 | If they think about it at all , they think of a mythical golden age when children at school were naturally obedient , and , if not , were forced to learn and to remember what they were told . |
| 21 | Mel was a permanent fixture in our 1st Division defences and , over the four seasons 1969–73 , only John Jackson appeared for us more times than he did , while his 151 1st Division games for us tell of a stalwart and dependable defender who could be relied upon in every situation . |