Example sentences of "of [det] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not so , at the beginning of each new term she found it was not so , but it seemed to be so , and the same mixture of guilt and hate and sorrow would strike her anew , each time as forcefully , each time she got off the train at Northam Station . |
| 2 | At the beginning of each new paragraph she must summon her strength to overcome enormous resistances . |
| 3 | They 're modern , yet they have a distinct hint of that classic flavour you 're after . ’ |
| 4 | And with one more nod of that perfect head he was off , working his trolley through the morning crowd with the air of a great surgeon . |
| 5 | It does not efface the picture I have of that young cripple I carried ten miles before me on my horse , she mad with pain , blistered from her shoulders to her temple ; and the cloying smell of her burns is there now in my nostrils . |
| 6 | Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector . |
| 7 | Racing about doing overtime all because of that rotten food he 's eating . |
| 8 | This would entail a sixty-mile round trip for us , but who cared if he could be freed of that perpetual pain he had suffered for so long ? |
| 9 | Until she let go , finally , of the memory of that sensual paradise they had shared in Phuket and bowed , defeated , before the brutal ambition of Hong Kong . |
| 10 | The old man had never suggested before that they have a drink together ; maybe it was all part of that new world he had entered when he stood in front of Mr Albert 's mirror in his new suit . |
| 11 | By the end of that first tour he was on the cover of Rolling Stone . |
| 12 | Also , a hotel room would remind her of that first night they had spent together ; what happened then had been repeated by now many times . |
| 13 | By the end of that first evening I 'd discovered that , however much of a rebel your younger sister might be , you were made of tougher , truer steel . ’ |
| 14 | Somehow Florian 's words must have summoned the memory of that first time they had worked together , long years ago , and that sensation of a shadow falling on her had come from the past . |
| 15 | That was all , the slightest touch of his fingers on hers , but she was reminded of that other time he had touched her , when he 'd helped her out of the pool , and now , as then , something inside her responded to his touch . |
| 16 | At the end of four weeks , they 're eligible to claim , shall we say , then at the end of that four weeks they can then get a cheque for whatever period they 've been off . |
| 17 | Here the NI draws evidence from around the globe to show how far short of that lofty goal we are likely to fall . |
| 18 | Every time you took a breath of that foul air you could not help imagining the cholera poison gnawing at your lungs . |
| 19 | By the end of that second night I never wanted to see a chip again . |
| 20 | Of that icy coldness she was very aware , but not as relief , rather as pain , rather as shock . |
| 21 | With the end of that accumulatory episode we arrive at the second resultant stratigraphical situation as suggested in " 7 " . |
| 22 | ‘ Have n't you got some of that special stuff you can freeze it with ? ’ |
| 23 | Any white spirit would do for him , he was n't fussy , and he poured himself a stiff vodka , some of that Polish stuff they had brought back from their Black Sea summer holiday . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've had complaints from over 200 amusement hall operators , parents , safety standards people … we 're looking at a complete re-run of that blasted horrorshow we had when Pit Bull was released . ’ |
| 25 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 26 | During the autumn and winter of that dramatic year they put themselves at the forefront of agitation for more effective air raid precautions , and used their influence in the war factories to defend workers ’ living standards while criticizing the inefficiency of management . |
| 27 | Well , Mrs. Jewkes , if it were not for the thought of that cursed parson I believe in my heart , so great is my weakness , that I could yet forgive this intriguing little slut and take her to my bosom . |
| 28 | Future microkernel systems excepted — Hewlett-Packard has n't decided which variant of that particular technology it will adopt — the firm says that it , like IBM Corp ( both Software Foundation co-founders ) ‘ has no plans to move to OSF/1 . ’ |
| 29 | Future microkernel systems excepted — HP has n't decided which flavour of that particular technology it will adopt — the firm says that it , like IBM Corp ( both OSF co-founders ) ‘ has no plans to move to OSF/1 . ’ |
| 30 | To assess , realistically , how much fibre a particular food is likely to contribute to a daily menu , it is important to estimate what quantity of that particular food you are likely to eat . |