Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I had a sheet of paper in front of me and a paintbrush or pencil in my hand , the result was inevitable . |
| 2 | Once the exams were over I had the whole summer free in front of me and a host of new friends to pass it with the idea made me extremely happy . |
| 3 | I feel a lively lump inside of me and a need to keep it vital ; to keep on running though I am panting and sweating like a sore animal ; to encase it in life , to keep it moving . |
| 4 | It may involve the agency 's casting team ( which may be a specialist in a large agency , but is usually the creative group head and the TV producer in a small one ) in seemingly endless poring over directories of actors , and actually seeing a large number of them before a decision can be made . |
| 5 | If the beach is crowded with swimmers , sail well clear of them since a board travelling even at low speed could do severe damage to someone 's head . |
| 6 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 7 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 8 | This could occur where someone has a lien over the goods , i.e. a right to retain possession of them until a debt is paid . |
| 9 | He saw a pile of them and a notice nearby , ‘ Hire of chairs 2d. per session of three hours . ’ |
| 10 | A small painting of his provided a moment of calm reflection among those of his more raucous colleagues in Alana Heiss ' ‘ Slow Painting ’ show last summer at P.S.I . |
| 11 | I 'll throw you to the fucking wolves — are you listening , you stupid fuck ? — and there 'll be nothing left of you but a pile of shit and a hank of hair . |
| 12 | You ca n't have family snaps when there 's just the two of you and a cat . |
| 13 | But nothing of course would induce me to make a miserable thing out of you and a fool of myself . |
| 14 | In fact , given the choice of you or a bear with a sore wotsit , I 'd take the bear every time . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm fully prepared to step in front of her if a gunman suddenly pops up . |
| 16 | Sometimes the little boy climbed from his cot and played for a while indoors , though more usually he toddled out on to the terrace , in search of her and a drink |
| 17 | The hour may come within weeks , within days , to-morrow ; and then , before I take the field with the fate of Wales in my hands , I have a need of her and a use for her here ; and then I shall be loosed from this dumbness that binds my tongue , and I shall be able to say to her what needs to be said , and what as yet I can not say . |
| 18 | Although nothing could be seen of him but a silhouette Stephen was sure the man was looking at him , staring insolently at this approaching form across the intervening , pallid , tundra-like land . |
| 19 | But they obviously felt they could n't make too much of an example of him because a lot of people , mainly on Sky TV , had already judged the issue . |
| 20 | By now , a hundred people have lined up in front of him and a security guard begins to keep them in line . |
| 21 | A single piper marched ahead of him and a party of riflemen in canvas fatigue uniforms swung along smartly behind him . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps I also used these silly criticisms of mine as a kind of buffer against the way I was starting to feel about you . |
| 23 | As I say I 've not had anything like the bad experience of it that a lot of people have had . |
| 24 | Within a few months of reaching its greatest height , nothing remained of it but a heap of rubble . |
| 25 | Harriet took no notice of it but a minute or two later there was a tap at her door and a maid stood there with one of the portable receivers — there was no extension in Harriet 's room . |
| 26 | Spatial boundaries may vary in their openness , the degree to which they permit outsiders to inspect the phenomenon in question , to find out what goes on and to gain thereby a knowledge of it and a competence in dealing with it . |
| 27 | Where a house has a river in front of it and a bridge across the river with a sign saying the bridge is dangerous , this is not an adequate warning , as any visitor has no choice as to whether to use the bridge . |
| 28 | Since I assume that readers will be familiar with the problem , this chapter will not be a straightforward restatement of it or a listing of offensive usages . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's nothin' wrong with any of us that a cup of hot tea and a ciggie wo n't put right . ’ |
| 30 | His name , it seemed , was Simkin , and he was not an aircrew cadet like the rest of us but a regular and a member of the groundstaff ; he worked in the kitchens . |