Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb pp] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newton only learnt of the charge on Monday , two days before the county appeared in front of the TCCB . |
| 2 | When the issue of international monetary reform had been seriously debated in 1972 the United States started from the position that ‘ the system should neither bar nor encourage official holdings of foreign exchange ’ , suggesting that ‘ the United States still thought of the SDR as providing a substitute for gold rather than for the dollar ’ ( Williamson , 1977 , p. 176 ) . |
| 3 | Has n't Mr Brittlebrain ever heard of the subjunctive ? |
| 4 | Maggie immediately thought of the lack of seagulls she 'd noticed when she 'd been down at the sea-front . |
| 5 | Graham Greene sarcastically remarked of the latter that ‘ Both the director and the star seem to labour under the impression that they are producing something important ’ , and the film 's success was enough to assure Wilcox that Hungarian naughtiness should give way to solemn patriotism . |
| 6 | Graham Greene fairly remarked of the amorphous string of sequences that made up Rembrandt that ‘ no amount of money spent on expensive sets , on careful photography , will atone for the lack of a storyline , the continuity and drive of a well-constructed plot . ’ |
| 7 | Harold then heard of the landing of William of Normandy and had to force march a weary army to Hastings where he was defeated and William became King of England . |
| 8 | The developer would be required to keep such disruption to minimum and to keep FPA fully informed of the construction programme and consequent vessel movements . |
| 9 | Molla Fenari and Seyh Bedreddin shared a devotion to the thought of Ibn al-Arabi , and it may well be that even if Molla Fenari thoroughly disapproved of the rebels ' activities he was compromised in the eyes of many by those shared beliefs . |