Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he said , It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery , neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear ’ . ’ |
| 2 | I gave you one of them last time did n't I ? |
| 3 | Managers and engineers could not help but admire the assiduity and skill with which he could wear down his opponents in discussion , but for many of them this approach conflicted with other managerial values . |
| 4 | Since the ban was imposed by Margaret Thatcher , campaigners have argued for the restoration of union rights , and three secret meetings have taken place at the Cabinet Office , the last of them this afternoon ended in breakdown . |
| 5 | Since the ban was imposed by Margaret Thatcher , campaigners have argued for the restoration of union rights , and three secret meetings have taken place at the Cabinet Office , the last of them this afternoon ended in breakdown . |
| 6 | If you find yourself yearning for a relationship with someone where the feelings are not mutual , or the other person 's love has died , ask yourself what aspect of you that person represents . |
| 7 | ‘ And have none of you any work to do , then ? ’ |
| 8 | did n't did n't get much of you last time speak very quietly . |
| 9 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 10 | It was not until he was climbing the stairs in front of her that Tug realized suddenly , cold and clear , why her eyes had flickered before she answered . |
| 11 | Ahead of him blue light shone out of the open hatchway . |
| 12 | But the fire in her body when she lay in bed thinking of him that night warned her that she had to be strong or she would n't be able to reject him if he tried again . |
| 13 | But he answered all the difficult questions that Harvey Smith 's younger son asked of him last night to defeat a flying round from Philip Heffer on Viewpoint . |
| 14 | There was no limit to the amount of money which could be used during any given assignment but at the end of it each operative had to account to Kolchinsky for his or her expenses in tabular form , supplying the relevant chits to back up the figurework . |
| 15 | On the face of it such legislation seemed unnecessary ; after all , who in America would want to trade with a country like Iran ? |
| 16 | How on earth could any programmer keep the general plot and utter weirdness of it all while providing a playable , interesting game ? |
| 17 | To have the thing scraped or vacuumed out of her womb , the very thought of it last night had sent her to the bathroom , heaving over the modern white lavatory . |
| 18 | The Eastons restored the ornamental paintwork , most of it imitation brickwork painted over the actual brick , and in the case of the wall paintings , have reinstated the full scheme . |
| 19 | He was free to move around his subject and to incorporate into his depiction of it any information gained by this process or acquired through previous contacts or experiences . |
| 20 | Nonetheless Count Christoph Douglas , head of Sotheby 's in Germany , declared that he has ‘ complete confidence in Berlin ’ as a location and with the level and amount of bidding at the sale , some of it keenly fought and much of it this time conducted by telephone . |
| 21 | A year ago Japan held an international meeting on aid for Mongolia , which produced pledges amounting to some $120m in credits and aid , some of it emergency assistance to keep Mongolia 's lights on ( literally ) . |
| 22 | On the face of it electric traction has many advantages . |
| 23 | Surely God is more aware than any of us that marriage involves two basically selfish sinners in a commitment to each other . |
| 24 | We worked very hard , and most of us that season appeared in Oxford at least twice . |