Example sentences of "[vb past] of [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the refusal of one of the parties to a dispute to make an oath was admissible as evidence in British courts , these other ways of trying cases were generally ignored or disapproved of by the colonial authorities . |
| 2 | And erm there has been some research done , they produced a plan of what they actually consisted of in the 17th century . |
| 3 | It is certainly true that popular rule , conceived of in the simplest terms , does not logically imply a commitment to respect for individual liberty : there could be such a thing as popular tyranny , or a popularly endorsed tyranny . |
| 4 | He felt no fear that either the militia or the rebels would molest him or his men , since all the troubles were occurring in what he thought of as the richer areas . |
| 5 | It struck Dexter as a very sensual act , at odds with what he thought of as the female detective 's self-control and cautious approach to the world . |
| 6 | By trying to concentrate on what she thought of as the negative parts of his personality she would protect her own weakness . |
| 7 | The young and feisty Armour did n't much care for what she thought of as the anglicised overlay of GSA at that time . |
| 8 | He sat down on a log and tried to perform what he thought of as the vanishing act , whereby you became insofar as it was possible a part of the surroundings : breathing , seeing , hearing only — merely an aspect of the place , a dimension , like the robin or the moss-covered log or the leafmould on which his feet rested . |