Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 2 | Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me . |
| 3 | At none of them did I seem to do well . |
| 4 | But this kid goes haywire and a lot of them do I mean he 's all crash bang wallop is n't he ? |
| 5 | ‘ Thanks , Dad , that was jolly sporting of you to let me have first cast . |
| 6 | ‘ It was kind of you to let me know . |
| 7 | He played a very happy part in my childhood and just the thought of him makes me smile even today . |
| 8 | It 's in there because you ca n't have executive style cabinet government in local government unless you pay executive councillors executive salaries , it 's got nothing to do with the idea of you getting thirty five pounds rather than thirty three if we stay here all day erm I would just , I 'm really wisely advised to make one point er Mr er was c wondering why this did n't have majority support actually most of it did I think Mr will confirm that he and his colleagues were happy to support all of the proposed responses from A to J on page thirty and thirty one but were not happy with response B and I would like to er that erm that er when our responses do go forward it is made clear that apart from little paragraph B there was all party support because I really feel that our local authority associates need to know that and erm I hope that will be little B was er a piece that erm certainly I and my colleagues supported er , rather . |
| 9 | ‘ The very thought of it makes me want to press the panic button , crawl under the bed and call for HRT , ’ says one friend . |