Example sentences of "[noun prp] of [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Anglo-French reconciliation of 1303 , Edward wrote to Marie of France thanking her for her letters in which she expressed her desire for a meeting and conversation between him and her stepson , Philip the Fair . |
| 2 | He was not the first to be interested in Rome ; certainly Theophrastus and perhaps Callias of Syracuse preceded him . |
| 3 | Within three minutes Glentoran 's Gary Hillis was booked for dissent ; Joey Cunningham of Portadown followed him into the book for a foul on Michael Smyth two minutes later . |
| 4 | Adnams of Southwold stocks it for £8.45 and also supplies by mail order ( 0502 724222 ) . |
| 5 | It was that was in it when first then Jimmy Jim of Whitehall had it . |
| 6 | He had spent most of his life in England and admired both the feudal-system efficiency and military skills of the Norman knights who had administered that country since William of Normandy conquered it in 1066 . |
| 7 | They , and Folcard , speak well of him , and William of Poitiers thought him ‘ wise , good and eloquent ’ . |
| 8 | Sue Baker of Hammicks found it dull . |
| 9 | Seeing a smiling Mrs W of Grimsby telling us ‘ my beautiful Brand X kitchen was fitted in a day and is a dream come true ’ can be very persuasive . |
| 10 | Mr Bob Worcester of Mori said it was ‘ the worst result for the opinion polls since they were invented ’ . |
| 11 | When I was researching my book , The Sporting Gentleman 's Gentleman , stories from Scottish keepers , stalkers and gillies , Jimmy Ross of Rothes told me a different tale about Arthur Wood and his ‘ wee Blue Charm ’ . |
| 12 | Mrs Patricia Massey of Nottingham sent me some very attractive swatches , including some double jacquard , knitted on her fine gauge machine . |
| 13 | Rebel priest Fr Pat Buckley of Larne confirmed he has issued writs for libel against Dublin radio show star Fr Michael Clery . |
| 14 | Brown had to be at her very best in the breaststroke event as Emma Robinson of Coleraine pushed her all the way , finishing just 0.6 secs behind in the runner-up spot . |
| 15 | In a separate development , British Aerospace and Thomson CSF of France confirmed they were considering making a joint offer for Ferranti . |
| 16 | On the Feast of St John ( 24 June ) he had met his father at Grandmont " together with certain nobles " — as Geoffrey of Vigeois puts it . |
| 17 | MANY churches were focusing their prayers on the first Sunday of December to guide them in their response to AIDS . |
| 18 | They forfeited only one game in their rousing win while sisters Jane Thomas and Gail Richards of Rhyl made it a family affair , beating Joanne Attwood and Lara Hill of Mold in three tough sets . |
| 19 | The manuscript contained a collection of writings describing the legends of Glastonbury , Avalon , Arthur , the forging of Excalibur , and even the fanciful story of how , when Christ was a boy , Joseph of Arimathea brought him to Glastonbury to buy tin and precious oils from the natives . |
| 20 | In 723–4 , soon after his episcopal consecration , Boniface received a letter from Bishop Daniel of Winchester advising him how to argue with pagans . |
| 21 | THE PRINCESS of Wales met one of her heroines when Mother Teresa of Calcutta visited her at Kensington Palace . |
| 22 | Mr McQueen , who would be with them for some weeks , was accompanied by one of the Macleods of Raasay to pilot them , Malcolm Macleod , aged sixty-two . |
| 23 | That evening , Johnson 's cold was worse , and the Macleods of Dunvegan cosseted him . |
| 24 | Before then , in June 1340 , Lewis of Bavaria deserted him and made peace with Philip ; in June 1341 David II returned to Scotland and renewed border raids ; James van Arteveldt began to alienate his Flemish allies ; and the French were advancing in Gascony . |
| 25 | Near the end of Hakim 's disturbing testimony — bakhshish , back-scratching , dedicated bank accounts — Senator Trible of Virginia said he found it ‘ part James Bond and part Jimmy Durante , and it would be very laughable , but for the consequences for people and policy . ’ |
| 26 | Londoner Dave Parris scored it 116–113 to the challenger , the Dane Torben Hansen scored it 116–112 Eubank with Ray Francis of England making it 115–115 . |
| 27 | The first carols were sung in the 13th century , and St Francis of Assisi made them popular . |
| 28 | When Karl Franz was elected Emperor after the death of his father , only Boris Todbringer of Middenland opposed him . |
| 29 | David Gleave of UCLES describes it as ‘ very , very promising indeed ’ . |
| 30 | Steve Savage of Grafton met him several times after Frankfurt . |