Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enforcement , such as it was , consisted largely of the rights of borrowers ( or , in practice much more often , lenders ) to sue in the courts ; and the rights of borrowers , if sued , to claim that the law had been breached by lenders . |
| 2 | Failure to meet these expectations would have been dangerous , especially as his army consisted partly of the forces of independent warlords like Thorkell the Tall and the Norwegian Earl Eric of Lade , whose loyalty could not be taken entirely for granted . |
| 3 | She thought bitterly of the spots she of ten got at the comers of her mouth or across her forehead . |
| 4 | We knew also of the conditions on the poorer nationality ships which were often rat and lice infested , as our rummage crews had experienced . |
| 5 | I thought wryly of the days , not many years before , when I was holed up in one dark room on the wrong side of town . |
| 6 | She thought wistfully of the shoes she had fashioned for Emily 's triumph . |
| 7 | These funds are invested and managed independently of the finances of the Company . |
| 8 | For on the tenth day he sent forward another deputation under the flag of truce to declare that he knew well of the shortages in the beleaguered town and that they would soon be in desperate straits . |
| 9 | In the sixteenth century , St Teresa of Avila complained bitterly of the perils of the parlour in her fashionable convent , where the nuns practically ran a salon ! |
| 10 | A middle-aged man spoke highly of the efforts to place the exhibition in its historical context . |
| 11 | Most of those caught in the siege of Makati spoke highly of the rebels . |
| 12 | It was unusual because specialist nurses did much of the doctors ' work . |
| 13 | He spoke generally of the problems of rural areas and less-favoured areas . |
| 14 | He spoke dreamily of the riches of America , the possibilities for his music , the one-in-the-eye for those with whom he felt himself continuously in competition . |
| 15 | Less chirpy was Amstrad chief , Alan Sugar , who spoke bluntly of the perils of a Labour government . |
| 16 | A deaf person spoke extensively of the advantages of being in charge . |
| 17 | In June 1962 Robert McNamara spoke frankly of the difficulties created for the United States by " limited nuclear capacities operating independently " . |
| 18 | Sophie spoke now of the Royals : ‘ … |
| 19 | However , the importance of such womanly qualities as nurturance and domesticity to society as a whole was now given full recognition , and Geddes and Thompson wrote fulsomely of the possibilities of civic or social motherhood , lauding woman ‘ as eupsychic inspirer and eugenic mother , as instructive synthesist , as educationalist , as orderly home planner and citizen , and by her guidance of consumption , directing industry and skill , ennobling utility into art ’ . |
| 20 | Thomson said later of The Times , which would cost him millions , ‘ It is an honour to underwrite a national institution . ’ |
| 21 | Opponents of the climate of opinion , and some even admitted that it was hard to remain regime themselves wrote later of the difficulties they faced in this aloof from the jubilant victory mood . |
| 22 | Maudsley wrote graphically of the dangers facing a fifteen-year-old girl working hard to pass school examinations : |
| 23 | Had either of the teams won , they would have taken the League leadership . |
| 24 | Indeed the expectations of the electorate closely followed their awareness of opinion poll findings and ran ahead of the trends in television bias . |
| 25 | Sergeant ran ahead of the others and reached the garden first . |