Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can not allow any man to accuse me of bad behaviour ! ’ she cried . |
| 2 | Other forms of the occult , I believe , certainly mislead and abuse youngsters spiritually and mentally , but it is unjust to accuse them of physical abuse . |
| 3 | This topic is meant to improve pupils ' awareness of ‘ danger ’ areas in houses and to inform them of basic safety measures and precautions which should be taken at home . |
| 4 | Thereafter he quickly became its most renowned liberal member , leading some opponents to accuse him of judicial activism . |
| 5 | You are not likely to find anything of archaeological interest , but museums may be inclined to keep a watchful eye on you ! |
| 6 | Given , let let's say y'know somebody of a status goes to see somebody of equivalent status wait so it 's it 's about the distance , yeah . |
| 7 | Some species may be receiving sufficient light to grow plenty of healthy foliage , but will always lack that little extra needed to produce flowering shoots . |
| 8 | ‘ To steal something of sentimental value shows a total lack of common decency and sensitivity , ’ he condemned swiftly , eyes chilling . |
| 9 | But perhaps because she was thus secretly rejecting him and yet knew at the same time that he was in love with her , a sense of justice prompted her to help him in amorous efforts , to support him , to rid him of childish embarrassment . |
| 10 | Compare this to how the largest fish move relatively slowly , selecting their food with the discrimination of a gourmet ; the subtle approach , the gaping of the cavernous mouth that does not , at times , close over the food but blows it out to rid it of foreign matter . |
| 11 | Adam Drabo has since become a folk hero , for the inspiration he has given to his country 's people to rid themselves of corrupt government . |
| 12 | A special feature is a cantilevered bay window which is designed to create more space and to give plenty of natural light . |
| 13 | Then Guinness decided to divest itself of certain whisky brands to reduce its market share and the chairman of the Commission ruled that this meant its bid had been abandoned and that the reference should be set aside . |
| 14 | He really could n't help himself , and I ended up having to do lots of steady canter work on and on until he settled before I could start to work on more interesting things . |
| 15 | So that , we 've got , there you 've got to do lots of different concrete and excavation , slightly different thing , here you 've got to do lots and lots of these . |
| 16 | So the detergent companies have been careful to use lots of recycled plastic in their containers . |
| 17 | With every inducement to satisfy Anselm — and Anselm did not hesitate to urge his sufferings on behalf of the papacy as a reason for conceding the claims of Canterbury — Paschal II was careful to concede nothing of lasting importance . |
| 18 | An intention to kill must be proved in order to convict someone of attempted murder . |
| 19 | This trick seems likely to ensure plenty of immediate development work on applications and so plenty of products for NT when it arrives . |
| 20 | It 's important for the foreign traveller to accumulate lots of useless gadgetry and ephemera that they 'd never dream of buying normally , and which makes the whole process of travelling so much more cumbersome and awkward for others . |
| 21 | THE African National Congress leader , Mr Nelson Mandela , has been urged by colleagues to announce his official separation from his volatile wife , Winnie , and to strip her of political office to avoid continued embarrassment to the organisation . |
| 22 | BORIS Yeltsin , the Russian President , suffered two serious blows last night when the country 's highest parliament voted to strip him of direct control of the government by July , and Ukraine made clear it would not ratify a landmark arms treaty between the United States and the former Soviet Union . |
| 23 | However , they made little impact until in the mid-1960s the Milk Marketing Board began to notice that many of its top AI dairy bulls seemed to have plenty of Canadian blood in them . |
| 24 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
| 25 | So as to purge him of wicked curiosity ? |
| 26 | But the loss of faith in the Communist Party is now so nationwide that workers and intellectuals can be making the same demand to deprive it of absolute power . |
| 27 | So either investment will also fall or companies will have to raise lots of fresh cash . |
| 28 | I never completely fathomed the relationship between Andrew and Judith Evelyn , both creatures of considerable intellect and high temperament , to say nothing of dramatic talent . |
| 29 | The [ Gold Coast ] line is equipped with Webb and Thompson 's instruments , and to explain the electric staff regulations , in a temperature somewhere around 90 degrees , to a native stationmaster who understands about as much of English as the average English railway official does of French , is a task which white officials feelingly affirm requires a considerable amount of patience , to say nothing of linguistic gymnastics . |
| 30 | At home , the cows were managed by the women , who hand-milked them and ensured that they continued to yield plenty of good quality milk and were selected for being docile and good-tempered . |