Example sentences of "[v-ing] he of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is Sergeant Eddie Grant at the RMP Control Room , warning him of a possible major problem in the Soviet Sector . |
| 2 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |
| 3 | Taylor was upset with Platt before the Turkey game for not informing him of the serious nature of the injury but the player surprised him by playing at Wembley with his usual effectiveness . |
| 4 | As on many occasions when drink is taken , it ended up in tears and in a finger-wagging shouting match with the Labour leader , John Smith , accusing him of a stark betrayal of promises . |
| 5 | Baburin repeatedly polled more votes than Khasbulatov , because a group of about 150 deputies in the Smena ( " change " ) group , a part of Democratic Russia , refused to support Khasbulatov , accusing him of an authoritarian style of leadership . |
| 6 | The Corporal instructor spoke quietly in his ear , reminding him of a few basics , and unobtrusively removed the lift bar at the same time . |
| 7 | He eventually slumps back into his seat , his smarting face and aching eyes reminding him of the misled thought journey that took him back round to before where he started . |
| 8 | The news of my pregnancy would shatter him ( convincing him of an immaculate conception would have been easier . ) |
| 9 | Kiro Gligorov of the Macedonian LC was elected President of the republic only at the second attempt on Jan. 27 after VMRO-DPMNE deputies had failed to back him ( he was sole candidate ) in a first ballot on Jan. 19 , thereby depriving him of the necessary two-thirds majority . |
| 10 | Rees thereupon complained to the European Commission of Human Rights that , by refusing to alter the recorded sex on his birth certificate , the United Kingdom , through its law , is depriving him of the legal status corresponding to his actual condition , to which he is rightfully entitled by Article 8 . |
| 11 | ‘ Mortmain' , or dead hand , refers to the fact that the church was an undying institution so that any land which it held in fee ( or freehold ) was never vacated by the death of its owner or came into the possession of a minor or an heiress ; thus it would never revert ( or escheat ) to the chief lord for the duration of the vacancy or minority , so depriving him of the valuable rights of wardship and marriage appertaining to feudal tenure . |
| 12 | The encounter could be read as establishing that he has been silly , while clearing him of a certain … imputation . |