Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With lots of luck I came face to face with a round face man in uniform . |
| 2 | To make helium requires both protons and neutrons , so instead of hydrogen you use deuterium or ‘ heavy hydrogen ’ whose nucleus consists of a proton and a neutron tightly gripped without any electrical disruption . |
| 3 | when I used to go up you know for a pint of snowball he say pint of snowball , some of the , what they call 'em |
| 4 | We have already flinched at ‘ oatmeal ’ , and of course they spell whisky the Irish way . |
| 5 | Of course they deserve reflection , even a special respect ; but they are not more fundamental than the chaos of history and the very various ordinary tasks of truthful thinking . |
| 6 | Of course they deny responsibility , blaming any trouble on weekend ravers who they say expect ‘ something for nothing ’ . |
| 7 | It was an interesting if much too long meeting lasting from 2pm to about 6.15pm — but interesting in that , with rather few of us there , it was a chance to range over a whole lot of issues on and off the agenda , and a chance to appreciate the efforts , interests , aspirations and voluntary input of many others — though of course they get support from their activities from their employers . |
| 8 | Their aim is to explore and describe the internal social systems that govern behaviour in these communities , and of course they gain access to these systems through studying overt behaviour in the communities . |
| 9 | And of course they want interest rates cut . |
| 10 | In fact of course we put failsafe systems in because we 've got so many statistics and everything , because if you start putting false data in , it will be identified . |
| 11 | I B M , U K , which celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year , has some sixteen thousand employees based in some fifty two locations throughout the United Kingdom , and they 're working on all aspects of information technology , er , from software to silicon , from telecommunications to personal systems , and of course we form part of a very large company , I B M Corporation , which employs around three hundred and seventy thousand people across the world . |
| 12 | There is a plan , the start of one , but of course we need co-operation , guidance . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course we have sympathy , but the Sunday trading laws are still in force and we have to take action . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course he wrote music , ’ Haverford explained patiently , ‘ but it 's much the same thing . |
| 15 | And of course he spends Christmas . |
| 16 | " Of course he did darling . " |
| 17 | When I speak to him he responds ; but not with the same speed with which he responds to his nurse , from whom of course he obtains satisfaction of his physical needs . |
| 18 | If peace was not obtainable on these terms , then of course he wanted victory , and he wanted to know before he started the battle that he could be certain of gaining it . |
| 19 | ‘ We 'll speak English for Ronni 's sake , unless of course you speak Italian or Spanish ? ’ |
| 20 | Yes and then of course you get business organizations , the and much business is now internationally based , we 've , we recognize this recently from the erm the purchase of Rover by B M W erm but of course the big companies have operated for long across international boundaries , whether it be oil companies like Texaco or chemical companies like I C I erm or MacDonalds , you know one of the symbols that erm lets you know Russia had been opened up to the international community was the erm presence of a MacDonalds ' erm shop in Moscow . |
| 21 | I said , ‘ Of course you had grandfather and you only kissed an' they were there . ’ |
| 22 | Now if this sounds like it could be the kind of course you need call Action Line and they 'll put you in touch with the people at Fast Forward and once you 've got the training and the qualifications the next thing is the application form is n't it and you 've got details as well today of someone who can help with that have n't you ? |
| 23 | Of course she had help . |
| 24 | No there was er three lads in the double bed and er another two lads in the single bed in one room , and mother was in the front room of course she had husband in those days you see when we were growing up , there was a it was not unusual to sleep top-to- tail if we had any pals , if we had a party and we had any pals we 'd sleep top-to-tail one with a head at the bottom and others with their head at the top , sounds like something out of the Dickens when you start talking about it do n't it ? |
| 25 | Of course it suits beaurocracy , the treasury to drag their feet , but it 's not good enough . |
| 26 | Of course it went shite next season . |
| 27 | Of course it takes time for the increased number of women on the list to work through into actual appointments , but one of the purposes behind the Prime Minister 's initiative was to see that they did work through into actual appointments . |
| 28 | Of course it requires skill in curriculum organization to cover the necessary ground , for example by use of modular schemes and carousels . |
| 29 | So a resistance can be used with that and of course it indicates interest in the product ? |
| 30 | Sergeant was made Inspector , was made Detective Sergeant and of course I became Detective Constable . |