Example sentences of "of a [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand if someone dies of a heart attack it is just accepted that the cause is hereditary , ‘ He over-exerted himself once too often , ’ or most commonly , it was ‘ Just bad luck ’ . |
| 2 | I had intended to go on and become a teacher , but when Dad died of a heart attack I was needed to help run the family art gallery . ’ |
| 3 | — Peter Sellers , telling reporters of a heart attack he had while making love to Britt Ekland . |
| 4 | The description ‘ Big , Black but Slim ’ could be misconstrued but as dedicated readers of a computer magazine I 'm sure you 'll realise that I 'm talking about the keyboard ! |
| 5 | Molloy and Carroll suggest that while Access courses equip students with whatever is necessary for the completion of a degree course they may be less successful in preparing them for the higher levels of academic performance . |
| 6 | It 's the number of a steam engine I 've got . |
| 7 | ‘ If this is not direct political control of a broadcasting network I do not know what is , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Only last year , Belgian motor racing ace , Bertrand Gachot lost his place in the Silverstone-based Jordan team when jailed for spraying CS Gas in the face of a taxi driver he 'd crashed into . |
| 9 | He gives me the address of a boarding house he could stay at in Earls Court . |
| 10 | If you find sheer weight a good judge of a products quality you 'll be pleased by this one ! |
| 11 | Into the less cerebral atmosphere of a detective novel it is likely , too , that you will find opportunities for scenes of action , and that they will seem less like seized-on injections of pep-up dope than they would amid the logical probings of the puzzle story . |
| 12 | In the words of a Harvard director they want something " a little bit sexy ! " |
| 13 | With all the subtlety of a pub singer he prises away the so-called glamour and reveals a hard world full of sadness , unfulfilled dreams and barren values . |
| 14 | In the absence of a university college it was the nearest the Gold Coast had to an institution of higher education . |
| 15 | By considering the equilibrium of a unit cube it can be seen that the moments of the stresses must sum to zero and this implies the symmetry of the stress tensor . |
| 16 | So unless you come up with a bloody good reason why you 're assaulting Virginia in broad daylight in the middle of a London exhibition I strongly advise you to get the hell out of here . |
| 17 | For example , many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken , ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief . |
| 18 | You remind me of a cocker spaniel I once owned . ’ |
| 19 | In the middle of a History lesson we heard the good news . |
| 20 | We had jacket potatoes right , which is literally mouldy and baked hard so you 'd get about out of a jacket potato you 'd probably get about that much potato and the rest is just skin and mould and hardness quiche which is just like processed cheese and processed eggs and everything you can imagine just total packet mix |
| 21 | well he was a bit of a slave driver I mean every body |
| 22 | Vicki 's trying to protect Jane cos Jane 's such a little bitch of a shit hole she ca n't defend herself . |
| 23 | If they asked me to say thank you very much at the end of a shit interview I would n't , and if they did n't like it , I 'd probably leave . |
| 24 | If the occupier has reason to anticipate the presence of a child trespasser he would do well to erect an obstacle to entry that is not in itself dangerous . |
| 25 | If you are not part of a discussion group you can still represent your parish at the Diocesan Assembly and become involved in local and Diocesan events that develop from there . |
| 26 | As a great favour , the well-known proprietor of a cigar shop he frequented introduced him to a ‘ gentleman ’ with a den in Piccadilly who offered to ‘ help him out of his difficulty ’ by lending him the money . |
| 27 | Doctors told her she needed an emergency hysterectomy , but because of a bed shortage she had to wait in agony for three-and-a-half hours . |
| 28 | Following receipt of a Government letter he had written to express concern at the lack of information and support , to which there had been no reply . |
| 29 | I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it . |
| 30 | She tipped the rice into a pan and put it on the top on a low number and retreated to the living room where Alan was sprawled on the sofa reading the copy of a Sunday newspaper they had collected from a garage shop next to the pub . |