Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the view the Swindon fans had of the West Ham match and in the first half their hearts must have almost stopped as Town were hit hard by the Hammers … keeper Nicky Hammond played a blinder … |
| 2 | Sentencing Fisher Mr Justice Judge said of the rape of the pahrmacist ’ No one who saw her give evidence will forget her visible revulsion as she described what happened . ’ |
| 3 | During the ceremony Gen. Matos underlined the role of armed forces in upholding territorial integrity and national sovereignty , whilst Gen. Numa spoke of the armed forces as the foundation of an Angola based on " democracy , peace and social justice " . |
| 4 | Police Chief Superintendent David Baker said of the flare-up : ‘ It was a family day out with a carnival atmosphere right up to the end of the evening . |
| 5 | The man who flew the hostages out , Virgin Chairman Richard Branson spoke of the human misery at the airport . |
| 6 | Richard Benson wrote of the method he evolved : " For years I have loved the broad and smooth areas of colour that exist in posters printed by stone lithography , and in working with the halftone screen to reproduce photographs , I have struggled to apply this inherently lithographic quality to the work of the stone 's descendant , the modern offset press … |
| 7 | Stockier than Morpurgo , with a less untroubled brow and a glare at the camera of barely bridled contempt , Ramsey Everett looked of the whole pack the one most prone to question their right to behave as they wished . |
| 8 | Suter chairman David Abell said of the Chemoxy operation : ‘ The skills of its management and flexibility in adapting to difficult market circumstances have enabled it to seize opportunities . ’ |
| 9 | NALGO branch spokesman Richard Brunner said of the appeal : ‘ It 's not looking particularly optimistic . ’ |
| 10 | Speaking , again to NME 's Danny Kelly , Johnny Marr spoke of the snowballing effect on that tour : |
| 11 | British Gas Eastern spokesman Richard Dymond said of the move : ‘ It will not be 280 people going out of the gates . |
| 12 | Out of the contemporary turmoil of Hindu tradition Rabindranath Tagore wrote of the same mysterious sources of renewal : I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power — that the path before me was closed , that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity . |
| 13 | Miss Jarman demanded of the tall bony female who was returning glare for glare without any sign of backing down . |
| 14 | Dr Barnett conceived of the idea for the exhibition whilst working on the catalogue raisonné of the works on paper , of which Volume I , covering the years 1900–1921 has already been published . |
| 15 | ‘ And I am still your maid , ’ McAllister had said gaily to him , but , of course , she was now less and less of a maid and more a member of the family , working side by side with Matey in cheerful equality , living and playing with them in the evening , and when Dr Neil spoke of the wedding day again she said that she must write to her uncle at least , before anything could be arranged , and let him think that she had done so . |
| 16 | While we ate , Dr Jaffery talked of the ( then ) impending break-up of the Soviet Union : |
| 17 | New manager Ray Hankin disposed of the rusty 5–3–2 formation and pushed his assistant Mick Tait into a hard working midfield which created several openings in the first half hour . |
| 18 | In proposing the toast to the Society Dr Iley spoke of the need to maintain a supply of well-qualified entrants to the profession and to educate the public about the achievements of the chemical industry . |
| 19 | In 1801 North Shields consisted of the old ‘ low town ’ at the bottom of and extending up the very steep bluffs at the river mouth . |
| 20 | Chairman Dr. Alan Wilson warned of the ‘ tarmac cowboys , ’ contractors who knock at doors and offer to tarmac drives . |
| 21 | After his election , Dr Kumar spoke of the racial attacks he endured during the campaign . |
| 22 | Touring the fort , commanded by Sir Eyre Coote of the 37th Regiment , an unexpected knowledge surfaced : ‘ Dr Johnson talked of the proportions of charcoal and salt-petre in making gunpowder , of granulating it and of giving it a gloss ’ — although he admitted to Boswell afterwards that he had ‘ talked ostentatiously ’ . |
| 23 | A couple of years later , introducing the first season of ‘ New Independents ’ on the newly launched Channel 4 , Alan Fountain wrote of the flowering of a new dimension of British film culture from the late sixties onwards , which ‘ recognised the need for a more imaginative , more politically responsive and aesthetically daring British Cinema ’ , linking this movement with the radical film-making tradition of the thirties . |
| 24 | Veteran Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston said of The Jungle Book : ‘ Character relationships must be built up slowly through actions , expressions and emotions . |
| 25 | Earlier , while in Newcastle , Mr Baker spoke of the need to catch criminals when they are young . |
| 26 | Almost all the prints were portraits and Mr. Macdonald spoke of the problems associated with the use of long focal length lenses and the exposures required . |
| 27 | Mr. Macdonald spoke of the methods used for making the prints , the shading required , the need for softer grades of paper and the treatment needed for cracked negatives . |
| 28 | Mr Paisley spoke of the ‘ deep revulsion ’ over the hospital bombing and said internment should be a weapon in the armoury of any civilised country . |
| 29 | In the 1970 's and early ‘ 80 's the Club saw more changes than in the whole of its earlier history , so much so that in 1976 former President Tom Luker said of the course shortly before his death ( 1977 ) , ‘ It has been modified so many times it has gone full circle ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Cotgrave spoke of the increased demands placed on police officers . |