Example sentences of "[vb past] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what came of dealing with the common herd . |
| 2 | Mostly they consisted of reporting upon the current state of affairs in Vienna , with particular reference to the activities of certain persons suspected of being hostile to the French and their emperor . |
| 3 | Now her parents and boyfriend , waiting in the hospital , sadly remember how , after the 1991 assault , Lesley talked of going into the Community Service section . |
| 4 | Quiss felt his eyes start to smart in the fume-laden atmosphere , and as he peered through the grey , yellow and brown clouds of rising steam and smoke , thought of suggesting to the seneschal — if he ever found him — that he somehow persuade the scullions powering these airwheels that they should run rather than walk . |
| 5 | Why he or the Queen never thought of searching for the King is a mystery . ’ |
| 6 | She thought of looking at the doctor and indicating that he should interfere and stop it ; but she did not . |
| 7 | None of them thought of looking at the ricks . |
| 8 | At first he thought of resigning from the jury but then decided not to do so . |
| 9 | Waiting for him , she thought of getting into the big bed . |
| 10 | For a moment she thought of staggering to the window again to throw the soup out , but decided against it . |
| 11 | Then I thought of going across the road and throwing them in a skip — except that this would look very peculiar . |
| 12 | Perhaps she thought of turning on the car lights , but decided not to ; it would waste time , and it would n't be much use because the car was angled away from the fire escape . |
| 13 | I seriously thought of crawling through the smoke to the door . |
| 14 | She thought of crawling beneath the vehicle 's metal-plated skirt , but one faceful of exhaust-heated mud was enough to discourage her . |
| 15 | Terry Eaton , 43 , of Greenside , Normanby , Middlesbrough , died of bleeding inside the brain due to a fractured skull . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ In the early days I always dreamed of going to the Olympics , doing well and then eventually turning professional . |
| 17 | She complained of spotting in the afternoon . |
| 18 | Her younger brother , Basil , in his final year of Modern Greats at Oxford , spoke of going into the City when he graduated , but Robyn considered this was just talk , designed to ward off hubris about this forthcoming examinations , or an Oedipal teasing of his academic father . |
| 19 | Wilmot also faces a separate trial at Southport on November 19 accused of driving under the influence of drugs . |