Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some ghastly little girl accused her of lesbian advances . ’ |
| 2 | The tranquillity and gentleness of the scene reminded her of Japanese paintings . |
| 3 | The offline manager must specify for each media item whether it is to be used for primary or secondary purposes , although there is no absolute requirement to make them of different media types . |
| 4 | Discovered in 1953 by Hong Kong herpetologist John Romer , the frog 's exceedingly primitive nature makes it of special interest . |
| 5 | That they were also all subject to periods of psychotic breakdown makes them of additional interest and in the next chapter we shall examine precisely what that means and how it might help us to understand their particular form of creativity . |
| 6 | And of course the Collection comes to you with a written Guarantee assuring you of satisfactory playing condition or free replacement without question — and with a fascinating illustrated booklet telling you all about the stars and songs featured . |
| 7 | Although the IFL 's extremism , lack of resources , and failure to make any impact made it of marginal political significance , the Jewish community were worried about its potential . |
| 8 | But the loss of faith in the Communist Party is now so nationwide that workers and intellectuals can be making the same demand to deprive it of absolute power . |
| 9 | ‘ I can not allow any man to accuse me of bad behaviour ! ’ she cried . |
| 10 | Often our intuition or sixth sense warns us of impending danger but we ignore it because of social pressure , lack of time or lack of courage . |
| 11 | A MOTHER accused of trying to turn herself into a human fireball because she had been rejected by the boss she loved , wept yesterday as a jury acquitted her of attempted arson . |
| 12 | We must fill our minds with the utmost of irrelevant information so that things we look at will remind us of other things and the more distant and more ridiculous the analogy , the higher the chance of the idea being really valuable . |
| 13 | In 1966 the Americans , and the British , both in economic difficulties themselves , pressed the Bonn government to relieve them of military costs in Germany . |
| 14 | The smell of machine oil reminds me of other guns I 've handled in my time . |
| 15 | On Wednesday David Howell , the Energy Secretary , was forced to withdraw the threat of pit closures and on Thursday we woke up to a dreadful press accusing us of ignominious surrender . |
| 16 | Contrasting considerably from the Spartan angularity of Siobhan 's bungalow , Kim 's house reminds me of American homes I have seen , lavish with plum and antiques to imitate English country homes . |
| 17 | And Mr Corker has received letters from the tourism office advising him of financial help available for expansion plans . |