Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently when they pulled me out of the river and bashed the water out of my belly the first thing I said as I came round was , ‘ Riddled with diseases , I 'm sure ’ and the crew broke up in this hysterical laughter . |
| 2 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 3 | Plus I learned that you know from from our group reading of my play the other week , I learned what the function of a director was because you know obviously I should n't have given you all your parts to read for a week to sort of work out what the inflection should have been . |
| 4 | I do n't have at the tip of my fingers the total level of funds managed , but |
| 5 | There is little doubt in my mind that the case was Nitric Acid from the very beginning but nevertheless given the imperfectness of my prescriptions the gentle stimulation of the vitality by the 50 millesimal potencies uncovered the necessary clues in the end . |
| 6 | Sepp was really Septimus , the seventh , and I called one of my calves the same name . |
| 7 | ‘ I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race . ’ |
| 8 | " Having given you the best years of my life , I now appeal to your justice and well-known liberality for a retiring pension , humbly requesting that in the event of my death the same may be continued to my child for his education till he attains 15 years of age , he being now in his 7th year . " |
| 9 | She picks it up and she tried to get in the bath with some of my daughters the other day . |
| 10 | I moved out of my office the same afternoon . |
| 11 | He has given me and many of my colleagues the firm impression that he has listened to our recommendations and suggestions , and that he will continue to do that in the years to come . |
| 12 | ‘ After trying the fluid on a small unnoticeable area , you now wish to wash all of my trousers the spirited way , am I right , madam ? |
| 13 | In considering the exercise of their powers the local authority must take into account matters which they ought to take into account , ignore matters which they ought not to take into account and then reach a decision which is not so unreasonable that no reasonable local authority could have come to it . |
| 14 | In the course of their work the professional-managerial class develop techniques to control the working class . |
| 15 | Groups of GPs will negotiate and buy from the hospitals of their choice the ordinary range of services their patients need . |
| 16 | One of their champions the prominent politician Jack Ashley , who remains an elected Member of Parliament after having been deafened at the age of forty-five , expressed their feelings in a speech delivered in 1973 : the deaf must adopt a very different attitude to society as a whole … |
| 17 | In a statement this evening , Thames Water apologized for the inconvenience caused , but said they must always give the welfare of their customers the highest priority . |
| 18 | Members must fulfil to the best of their ability the contractual obligations owed to their employer . |
| 19 | Members must fulfil to the best of their ability the contractual obligations owed to their employer . |
| 20 | Classical scholars among us will all , as students , have stood in awe of our seniors who , given a rare Greek word , could pluck out of their memories the ten contexts in different classical authors in which it was used . |
| 21 | While sectoral organizations have a critique of the society relating to the experiences and fields of interest of their membership the popular movement unifies around political , social and economic issues which are key to the crisis facing Philippine society . |
| 22 | Many convey in the physical appearance of their subjects the traditional Roman virtues of austerity and respect for authority . |
| 23 | The double consignment of heroin had been secured , despite a surprise attack , albeit by one demented man , and Tiger Control in Chicago had taken delivery of their merchandise the previous day . |
| 24 | In the corner of one of their fields the younger brother 's wife built a shelter of leaves and twigs draped across with a shawl and put her baby beneath it to shield her from the alternate onslaughts of sun and showers . |
| 25 | One of the boys in 2B with a good memory had suddenly quoted ‘ Alas , regardless of their doom the little victims play . ’ |
| 26 | Second , to consider in the light of their comments the substantive and statistical issues associated with such interpretations . |
| 27 | The group persisted , successfully , into the Cretaceous , at the end of which period the whole group , apparently rather suddenly , became extinct . |
| 28 | Tammuz leaned over Zambia and removed a T-shirt which had hooked itself over the wall-clock in the frenzy of its removal the previous night . |
| 29 | The minute book of the Britons speaks of average attendance at meetings of between thirty and fifty members , and Special Branch officers discovered that the circulation of its newspaper The Hidden Hand was only 150 per month . |
| 30 | Some people , however , claimed that at the end of its run the mysterious tram disappeared on to a private spur line leading into the grounds of the presidential palace . |