Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How could you say such a thing , ’ he begins , ‘ With me in bits and pacing the streets like a fockin' animal , with no one but the likes of Perry to pour me heart out to ! ’ |
| 2 | They were of some kind of fibre , painted glossy chestnut , now dimmed and dulled , with bands of wood to give them strength . |
| 3 | I was still wide awake an hour later so took a gulp of wine to help me sleep . |
| 4 | All these sort of things to make them work , as in you set out a pattern of behaviour . |
| 5 | They seemed to take that kind of man to make him sergeant in the beginning after the Police Strike . |
| 6 | Readers will soon discern , on page 42 if not earlier , that in the personality of Quisling they are faced with a thundering , breathtaking , unsurpassable bore : ‘ He lacked a sense of humour to give him balance . ’ |
| 7 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |