Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of my advisers think the simplest solution would be if Tweed never came back . ’ |
| 2 | It was not part of my plan to make a detour via Chastlecombe , but since you wo n't talk to me on the phone I did n't have much choice . |
| 3 | This was done in response to the invitation from Faber-Castell in conjunction with the Royal College of Art to do a painting of my choice using the Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer crayon watercolour range . |
| 4 | The only thing that stopped them cutting us to ribbons was that one of my friends had the gift of the gab and gradually defused the situation by talking good sense in a calm reasonable way ; finally he pointed out that we would all end up in the local police cells if anything happened anyway . |
| 5 | Miss Karafistan said : ‘ Two of my friends held a 24-hour sponsored ‘ stay awake ’ . |
| 6 | As far as wrinkles and saggy bits go , the majority of my friends look the same , and I do n't waste five hours on daily maintenance like Cher . |
| 7 | I felt guilty — after all , they had trained me — but in the end I saw so many of my friends making the move , I saw them working in better conditions , earning so much more for fewer hours , ’ she grimaced , ‘ in the end I decided I 'd be crazy not to join them . ’ |
| 8 | It is for me cos of my brain goes a bit |
| 9 | It has meant that I have sampled virtually every type of hotel/guest house accommodation imaginable and this I present as part of my qualification to address the subject in question . |
| 10 | Signe brought me coffee in a pot with a felt cover that had eyes and a nose , then she sat on the edge of my bed holding a silly conversation with the felt cover while I drank my coffee . |
| 11 | For me , the forest of my village contained a lot of secret and mysterious things . |
| 12 | Perhaps , he suggested , we might take a pause here , as the sound of my tears hitting the green-felt table sounded exactly like the BBC Effects Department 's tape of galloping horses . |
| 13 | I ran out of printed business cards over a year ago , and I 've now run out of my stock of the blank cards ( which in view of my handwriting have a rather negative impact in any case ) . |
| 14 | ON Saturday 4th January 1992 I took three of my sons to watch the Harlequins v Bath match at the Stoop Memorial Ground . |
| 15 | Well , I wo n't have any of my sons going the same way . ’ |
| 16 | I remember when one of my girls had an abortion , I was like a maniac for days after . |
| 17 | I really did think Lotta had chosen the day of my return to re-enter the fray ! ’ |
| 18 | Throughout the following days of my work experience the owner and I had some stimulating conversations , from which I learnt a vast amount of information about music , his job and the popular music industry . |
| 19 | However , it is one of my duties to supply the guard dog with water and to clear up his doings each morning before school . |
| 20 | And as a kid , you live very Technicolour experiences , and it all influences how you live the rest of your life , and so since all that horror , I 've spent the major part of my life making a safe place for myself . |
| 21 | Only the more special of my ladies get the orchid and lily treatment . ’ |
| 22 | It was marvellous when he rang , but since I ca n't have him ringing here again , I told him , in a moment of my feelings getting the better of me , that if he does have any message for me he could contact you , and you 'd pass it on . |
| 23 | But what happened was , if a member of my branch had a complaint , he would come to me as secretary and complain . |
| 24 | I remember putting my foot down when some of my customers took a piece of their sausage as I was weighing it , and after a discerning chew they casually dropped the remaining small piece of chewed hard skin onto the floor of the shop . |
| 25 | A month ago my bank informed me that it had been obliged to arrest £250 of my money to satisfy a court order obtained by sheriff officers . |
| 26 | One of my sows has a litter about three days old . |
| 27 | Or did you pretend not to read it because of my invitation to make a real life together ? |
| 28 | Since the former church hall is leased by the Catholic Church to the Priory for use as a function room , I have been asked to send you a copy of my letter outlining the objections made to this application . |
| 29 | After such suffering I have the right to happiness , but my mind is in revolt , and my burning protest is only the cry of my soul to hasten the revelations of truth and justice . |
| 30 | My relief on gaining the stance was matched only by the strength of my desire to finish the route . |