Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I heard no more of the debate and to the astonishment of my fellow delegates I stormed out of the auditorium and locked myself away in the Ladies to howl out my rage , alone . |
2 | In one of my first jobs I plastered on the make-up and wore very executive-type suits . |
3 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
4 | In the back of one of my homemade guitars I used a bit of thin foam , rolled up tight , to hold a battery in place ; then I had a brainwave to use a piece of this and lay it across the springs , between them and the rear plate . |
5 | one of my best animals I … |
6 | Having listened to the arguments of my Hon. Friends I do not know why the Minister has not leapt to his feet to say that he accepts the new clause . |
7 | On the occasions of my own visits I always manage to see something new when I visit Rutland Water : a preening water rail in full view below Lax Hill , four buoyant , saw-billed goosanders showing off their diving skills , short-eared owls roosting at dusk on the fence posts of the Hambleton Peninsula , a pair of displaying great crested grebes presenting mutual gifts of waterweed … |
8 | And I forget which of my old colleagues it was who was canvassing , blue rosette ablaze , in a particularly Labour-dominated council estate in Sheffield , when he came upon an elderly voter planting primroses by the door . |
9 | By custom they sat in private and not in court , and they were referred to as a domestic tribunal whatever part of their visitorial functions they were performing . |
10 | At one of their great festivals they have the ritual of driving out the devils from their bodies . |
11 | Lady Grange 's husband had been a Jacobite and during one of their marital battles she hinted that she would expose his seditious leanings — for which he could be hanged . |
12 | Er I 'll go on to explain in the product range one of their new products we 're introducing this year . |
13 | Even the process of normal development required something of self-sacrifice about it , as women learned that instead of their early pleasures they must be content with the possibility of having a child . |
14 | As an earnest of their firm intentions they have been consolidating flights in December , which is unprecedented . |
15 | Second will guarantee a UEFA place , and I think if Leeds can get out of the rut of drawing so many of their recent games they will attain this position . |
16 | It had only one skilled male dancer on its strength , Lionel Luyt , and in the first of their two programmes he had to partner the ballerina in the second act of Swan Lake , then dance both the Prince and Bluebird in Aurora 's Wedding ( with just three minutes to change costumes ) and finally lead the cast of Prince Igor . |
17 | While councillors are representative of their local communities they are certainly not socially representative of the population . |
18 | Bibb atoned for his error at the start of the second half , when after Castleford lost the ball in front of their own posts he pounced quickly and beat three tacklers for the third Rovers ' try , Knapper adding his first goal . |
19 | I do n't know how many years it went on and then there were a lot of ploughs and boys a lot of their own ploughs I think . |
20 | ( 5 ) In breach of their fiduciary duties they put themselves in a position where there was a conflict between their duty to the plaintiff to inform him and their personal interest in ensuring that they obtained commission on both Vertigo and Caliban. ( 6 ) As a consequence ( a ) the plaintiff was entitled to damages for breach of contract and fiduciary duties ; ( b ) the defendants , being in breach of their fiduciary duties as agents , were not entitled to their commission . |
21 | Strangers because of their clean clothes they must not tear or get dirty . |
22 | Jotan met Alexei 's eyes in a moment of mutual sympathy and understanding , and then ignoring the obvious disapproval of their respective partners they buried their faces in their hands and wept in helpless mirth . |
23 | Although people were allowed to eat other foods freely , in fact when they were deprived of their refined carbohydrates they tended not to increase their intake of these alternative foods very much — not enough to make up for the calories they were saving . |
24 | To give some idea of their domestic arrangements we are shown , not only a superb model of a typical Celtic settlement , but also a full-scale thatched Celtic Hut . |
25 | Because of its aromatic properties it was preferred to spice in the making of aquavitae . |
26 | Through the heavy fretwork of its top windows he could see the towering minarets of the Bab es Zuweyla , and from the box window of the storey below , where he was standing when Sesostris approached , he had a good view along the street in both directions . |
27 | It omitted to mention how much of its ever-increasing charges it contributed to WaterAid . |
28 | If a company publishes any of its statutory accounts they must be accompanied by the auditors ' report and if it is required to prepare statutory group accounts it may not publish its ( statutory ) individual accounts unless they are accompanied by its statutory group accounts . |
29 | Yet in spite of its obvious advantages it has not been received with any enthusiasm by the large corporations or indeed funding bodies of any description . |
30 | Well should have been really taking two of her strong tablets she says , you know , and she has . |