Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rebecca was accusing her of starting the fire , and he was doing nothing to dispute the idea . |
| 2 | Near the end of his life Ramsey was asked which of his books he was most glad to have written . |
| 3 | Sir Charles Webb-Bowen was delivering himself of a homily . |
| 4 | But Harold was having none of that . |
| 5 | But the Croma was having none of it . |
| 6 | After Imran Khan was ruled our of the tour because of his shoulder injury , Miandad was the obvious choice , and a popular one too from the players ' and selectors ' points of view . |
| 7 | There was much discussion as to who should captain the ship , and when Graham Gooch was appointed anyone of a cynical disposition found it hard to escape the feeling that it was in the hope that , with his South African connections , at least one government would refuse to let him in , thus avoiding another 5–0 blackwash . |
| 8 | Hunt was acquiring something of a bad reputation : both for being accident-prone and for being excessively forthright . |
| 9 | But Karr was having none of it . |
| 10 | It would seem clear that Paul was doing something of which Jesus himself would have disapproved . |
| 11 | Mr Bishop was having none of it , however , and the affair turned ugly for a while with the Alborne goalposts being jostled . |
| 12 | Not on that evening , but long afterwards , Nicandra was to understand something of Aunt Tossie 's efforts for this celebration : this party for her darling , into which she had thrown heart and soul and quite a lot of money . |
| 13 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 14 | Churchill was telling everyone of the dangers in Europe but no one would listen . |
| 15 | George Orwell was warning everyone of the plight of poverty-stricken masses , whose only salvation was socialism and not the sort recommended by vegetarian cranks in sandals . |