Example sentences of "of [adj] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the age of eleven he had driven a herd of Welsh ponies up to the West Riding , for use as pit ponies in the mines . |
| 2 | By the end of 1980 we had made 160 collections and , despite problems with the budding technique , nearly 130 of these were safely growing in the nursery . |
| 3 | As a part of that we intend to arrange excursions from time to time , and there will be winter lectures . |
| 4 | Girl On A Motorcycle and we still owe six pounds because we took it back late , so because of that we 've had nothing since |
| 5 | We are delighted that 90% of you say that you like the magazine , and you will see that on the strength of that we have followed a similar kind of format : a mixture of news about the University and articles by alumni . |
| 6 | ‘ We had 22 teachers in here last week watching the same rehearsal because their children are doing a project on it and as a result of that we have had 260 kids watching the rehearsal this week . |
| 7 | The framers of the American Constitution also had these objects in mind , but on top of that they had to provide for the desire of the thirteen colonies to be united for some purposes only and to remain independent for others . |
| 8 | His interest in her had been obvious , and because of that she had discouraged it . |
| 9 | Out of that she had to pay all expenses , including animal feed and coal , which left around five pounds a month for food . |
| 10 | ‘ Gosh , I 'm so sorry I 'm late , I 've had a terrible journey and on top of that I 've got the flu . |
| 11 | ‘ And on top of that I 've got a date with the company minibus at half-past nine tomorrow morning . |
| 12 | And out of that you had to keep yourself in stockings , er and shoes for the ward . |
| 13 | Well out of that you 've got all the makings there of carbon dioxide and water . |
| 14 | On top of that you 've got no alibi for the time of the murders . ’ |
| 15 | But because of that you 've got to watch it 's effect on the kidneys , on the body biochemistry . |
| 16 | ‘ How much you can spend on the NHS depends on how much the country earns and what share of that you want to put into the service , ’ he says . |
| 17 | At the end of 1866 he had asked the Governors for a testimonial , as he was applying for a post in the Midlands : |
| 18 | Whether that is sufficient for the purposes of section 8(2) of the Act of 1986 I venture to doubt . |
| 19 | Since the stock of dinar assets held by households has risen much more slowly than this , the proportion of household assets held in foreign exchange accounts has steadily grown : while in 1980 this proportion was less than 40 per cent , by the end of 1986 it had reached nearly 70 per cent . |
| 20 | By the end of 1933 he had spent only $113 million and provided jobs for about one million . |
| 21 | And the only bit of damp I 've got is in one corner of the house but it came from a blocked erm pipe . |
| 22 | By the end of 1985 she had passed the Higher School Certificate and was ready to leave Camberwell High . |
| 23 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
| 24 | ‘ Because of this we have had to contact all our hardware and software suppliers to check if any changes needed to be made to any of their products which we have installed , ’ said Alan . |
| 25 | In spite of this we do need to make an effort to define the problem . |
| 26 | After a couple of minutes of this he decided to go back to Elstree . |
| 27 | Perhaps because of this he contrived to fight on even after his brothers had surrendered to the Old King . |
| 28 | And because of this he has paid the price for my sins and your sins . |
| 29 | In recognition of this he promised to alter the style of his campaign in order to avoid attacks on Bush which could prejudice his chances of victory in the November election . |
| 30 | As part of this she has to determine what type of landscaping is required according to the style of development and the buyers it will attract — from first-time buyers through to the luxury end of the market . |