Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] of a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the other two paintings , one is a picture of a friend , a girl who was also a student , posing in the same life-room , and the other , a portrait I made of a fellow student and good friend of mine from the Royal Academy , James Tower , who became a noted ceramicist . |
| 2 | There was a newsflash I caught of a big pile-up on the E 35 autobahn outside Freiburg … ’ |
| 3 | In my case you get pregnant at every verse end , cos I came of a big family you see , mm . |
| 4 | I heard of a notable exception recently , where the farmer almost encouraged two detectorists to search his seeded fields . |
| 5 | With a grin , Doyle said , ‘ I heard of a German bloke who kept one of our lads hidden for years after the War . |
| 6 | There was a cowboy song on the juke , ‘ I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven , ’ and the two Maniax were practising their fast draws against a GenTech Amusements Machine that zapped you insensible with a light voltage if the computer-generated gunslinger cleared leather faster than you did . |
| 7 | Course I gon na I , I bit of a bloody , I still get a . |
| 8 | Yes , and I think I thought of a personal note that , because we do get some good , good appointments . |
| 9 | I thought of a nice name |
| 10 | After coming across a hefty pile of best magazines prior to moving house earlier this year , I thought of a novel idea . |
| 11 | In a letter to my wife I spoke of a whole-day conference about the future of Judson College , in which I pressed the representatives of the American Baptist Mission to make Judson into an ecumenical college and to be ready to be integrated into a University unitary system . |
| 12 | Quite by accident , I learned of a secret meeting between a Kent arkie and Kent detector users and representatives . |
| 13 | She registered of a sudden that she was bitterly cold . |
| 14 | Should you decide not to accept the above major changes you may cancel your booking and we refund all monies paid and , where you advised of a major change within eight weeks of departure , issue you with compensation of £10 per person . |
| 15 | In fact my own wife , she came of a big family and and she had to look after most of the the younger children until they started work you see and then it was the next one that had to look after them again you see and so on , and that 's how it went on . |
| 16 | She thought of a tired analogy she had often heard , people in a crowded train compared to sardines in a tin . |
| 17 | She thought of a beautiful phrase — to comfort his sad heart — and tears came into her eyes . |
| 18 | Daphne recalls how , early on , ‘ I made the mistake of allowing one to become too fond of me and , when I went away for two weeks , she died of a broken heart . |
| 19 | She shivered of a sudden , and recalled Alianor 's parting words . |
| 20 | The baronetcy was a reward for acts of loyalty or oppression , depending upon which view you took of a small rebellion in the 1720s . |
| 21 | ‘ She complained of a severe headache , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Beatrix Potter was holidaying in Gloucester when she learned of a local legend about a tailor called John Pritchard … who returned to work on a Monday morning to find an unfinished coat mysteriously completed over the weekend . |
| 23 | This time she spoke of a different ‘ they ’ . |
| 24 | You spoke of a brilliant structure , |
| 25 | ‘ You spoke of a moral landscape for murder , ’ she said , ‘ Could you expand on that for us ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Six pairs of knickers must be enough , must n't it , Charlie ? ’ she enquired of a tall dark-blond young man , unmistakably her brother , who was piling plates into a dishwasher and making two cups of coffee . |
| 27 | Of course the moth went for the light , Jay went under the pillow , and the moth settled on a huge picture she had of a golden African dawn . |
| 28 | ‘ Patella nimbosa , ’ she said of a plain limpet shell . |
| 29 | They consisted of a historical introduction , a list of stipulations , curses and blessings invoked on the parties , a solemn oath and a religious ceremony to ratify the covenant . |
| 30 | They consisted of a single twisted path , built for ritual walking , running and processions . |