Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Protests : Student unrest had already involved a brief occupation of Abidjan cathedral on Feb. 23 , with demonstrators calling on Houphouët-Boigny to resign and accusing him of corruption . |
| 2 | I hope you enjoyed the training course on Saturday and found it of value . |
| 3 | Well , the national secretary 's national officers are of course accountable to the C E C , they are accountable to congress , the introduction of section conferences means that they have another , an additional level of accountability , which does n't replace the accountability to the C E C or to Congress , but supplements it and subjects them of course to a closer scrutiny and a closer contact with the major activists in a whole sector of employment . |
| 4 | Hunter observed that ‘ … the whole viscera when all the Blood is press 'd out goes into a very little bulk , even the Liver will lose vastly of its bulk and in short the whole viscera will come into a small compass when they are well clean 'd and put into dry cloths ; you are then to go to the trunk of the Body and empty it of Blood as well as you can and press the Blood out from the Face , Hands , etc. as well as Arms , and the more Blood is pressed out the better ’ . |
| 5 | Seb was out harrowing one of his own fields when the young stable-hand came and told him of Christian 's arrival . |
| 6 | When he and my mother came to live at the house he bought five Aylesbury ducks to swim on the pond and clear it of weed . |
| 7 | ‘ Like that one in Gulliver , ’ said Ann , and this started a discussion as to whether Scotland could engineer the flight of its islands to hover over England and starve her of sunlight and rain , like Laputa in Gulliver 's Travels . |
| 8 | If it subsequently acted contrary to the agreement the parties could not terminate the agreement for material breach and deprive it of statehood , or even modify its rights . |
| 9 | He 'd railed at Jamila and accused her of adultery , incest , betrayal , whoredom , deceit , lesbianism , husband-hatred , frigidity , lying and callousness , as well as the usual things . |
| 10 | Abbot Wulfsige , killed at the battle of Assandun , was according to the twelfth-century Ramsey chronicle succeeded by a German , Wythman , who quarrelled with the monks and accused them of disobedience and negligence of monastic discipline before the diocesan bishop . |
| 11 | However , the Catholic Church at Carcassonne had its own ideas about Sauniere 's riches and accused him of simony — the selling of pardons — a charge which was eventually dropped . |
| 12 | Rent and Norfolk now deserted Lancaster and accused him of sedition , and the king ordered the confiscation of all his property and the property of his supporters until they submitted unconditionally . |
| 13 | Surely manufacturers who offer these products and recommend them of use as a priming support for oils have done their research properly ? |
| 14 | Money : can help us achieve things , influence others , and free us of dependency on people or situations . |
| 15 | He walked to the table where he 'd left his brandy snifter , lifted it , and drained it of liquid . |