Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Clever of me to acquire such information , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 2 | Given the excellence of the cause which benefits from the sales of ‘ Ruby Trax ’ and the generosity of the artists etc , etc , it would be churlish of me to rubbish individual tracks — although there are one or two here which have tempted me sorely — so I will pick out some highlights for you . |
| 3 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 4 | Members benefited from both the restricted entry and competition controls , allowing many of them to earn oligopolistic profits . |
| 5 | Therefore by encouraging more of them to use this route , you 'll erode your , your planting in the nature reserve . |
| 6 | It did not take long for the two of them to agree that cost-cutting and restructuring were required . |
| 7 | We talked about the possibility of his death , we talked about the possibility of him being permanently brain damaged , we talked about the happiness they had enjoyed together and how important it had been to both of them to find each other . |
| 8 | Their presence makes it difficult for the roof void to be used in the same way as traditional roofs , and there is often a temptation to remove some of them to gain extra space . |
| 9 | Tchaikovsky wrote The Seasons for the monthly journal Nuvellist , whose editor had the bright idea of commissioning 12 pieces from him for a year 's issues , each of them to depict some aspect of the month in question . |
| 10 | The fact is , however , that it has helped both of them to survive difficult times : when he had a small operation , she was there ; when she was ill , he carried up the trays . |
| 11 | It made the town far more interesting to both of them to have such insights . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , a High Court judge warned of a serious problem because of a log-jam of refugee cases as he gave leave for two of them to seek judicial review of Home Office decisions to refuse them asylum . |
| 13 | They lived the lives of the folk among whom they worked ; and this may have helped many of them to make real contact with their parishioners . |
| 14 | Rick tried to ensure their involvement by inviting each of them to contribute one unit of activities to the year 's scheme of work . |
| 15 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 16 | You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Surely it is n't asking too much of you to put some clothes on , Your Highness . ’ |
| 18 | I absolutely agree with her that it was monstrous of you to leave that dog shut in the car . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was wrong of you to steal that money ’ is of this latter kind . |
| 20 | Can I trust all of you to keep this secret ? |
| 21 | It must have helped both of you to have two galleries on one site ? |
| 22 | How naïve of her to let Roman de Sciorto 's powerful charm override her normal caution ! |
| 23 | It was typical of him to choose this pub . |
| 24 | ‘ Was n't it unwise of him to keep open house like that , with direct access to his office from a back lane ? ’ |
| 25 | So er er well we could n't carry it out , cos the the ones who were n't prepared to do the picket was n't erm going to do it , we 'd have to do more of 'em to keep these youngsters on doing the picket , you know . |
| 26 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
| 27 | but whether we want at the end of it to have another water seminar , looking instead of extraction side but what the water companies are doing with our rivers it might not be a bad idea as part of er producing a considered view later on in the year but I do n't , I do n't think we can hurry this as there 's a lot of lessons to be learnt and I I do n't think we should do the work in the Fire and Public Protection Committee erm in getting our erm eyes taken off the dealing with the actual problem at the moment , we want to look , step , step back and say well what what was the cause of all that , but I do support erm proposal that we should have it listed as er |
| 28 | The bank asked a client of ours to give personal guarantees to cover his company 's borrowing requirements . |
| 29 | A decade after the Scarman report on Brixton and on the evidence from our more troubled communities , this is no time for any of us to strike traditional postures . |
| 30 | After we had docked , a representative of Inflot , the Russian equivalent of Trinity House , apologetically asked each of us to sign more documents . |