Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I sha n't be making the mistake of attributing it to any charms of mine , either . |
| 2 | ‘ I came to my senses , ’ she said , economising with the truth until she felt more capable of handling it with any degree of calm . |
| 3 | As his hand came to her arm she lashed out at him and he caught her close to save himself the trouble of subduing her in any other way . |
| 4 | The advantage of using them in this situation is their low cost and the speed with which the wall can be built up . |
| 5 | Surely you no longer suspect me of using you in some devious plan to make Lotta jealous ? ’ |
| 6 | The challenges facing it were daunting : a considerable proportion of the UN was opposed to its existence ; the predominant political forces in south Korea regarded it simply as providing a veneer of international respectability for the creation of a south Korean state ; north Korea had no intention of helping it in any way and the United States believed the commission should complete its task swiftly and without asking awkward questions . |
| 7 | ‘ Listen , Dan , Kate 's sick of seeing you on that settee . |
| 8 | I toyed with the idea of reminding you of all my triumphs , of my prediction of the ‘ 87 stock market crash , of my warnings about the ERM and the dangers of Europe , about … |
| 9 | The story was that Puig-Aubert would often snatch a smoke when play was downfield , and we lived in hope of catching him in such an act of Gallic braggadocio . |
| 10 | Other people may be frightened by your blunt arrogance , but do n't make the mistake of including me in that category … |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not a question of bringing them to more people — Emporio has never been for the poor — but of morals ; with the Nineties there comes a new thinking about how much it 's right to spend on clothes and I certainly go along with that . ’ |
| 12 | Thus is perpetuated the unanswerable myth whereby all mysteries are explained away by the simple process of ascribing them to some remote and inaccessible ‘ god ’ who created everything . |
| 13 | Equally , the consequences of applying it to any old scrap of paper which any party cared to describe as an ‘ Act of Parliament ’ solely for purpose of denying jurisdiction would be absurd . |
| 14 | He quotes Occam 's razor but never dreams of applying it to most of the controversies he refers to , and , ironically over macroevolution , thinks that some of the recent speculations ‘ must inhibit the penchant for ‘ story-telling ’ and the glib explanation ’ , of the neo-Darwinists . |
| 15 | Erm , yeah Mrs she sort of has the power over level erm if she she sort of , it 's like she 's sort of keeping her on this level in the same household as her |
| 16 | That this is the common apprehension of mankind with regard to perception is evident from the manner of expressing it in all languages . |
| 17 | If a new demand is short-lived , it may be possible to find a way of meeting it without any overall loss of performance . |
| 18 | There 's no mathematical way of defining it at that point . |
| 19 | This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units . |
| 20 | The effect of overcrowding was the disastrous one of turning you against all humanity . |
| 21 | ‘ Nahum Plunkett coming here to see Anna is probably the only chance anyone has of pulling her through this crisis , you know that really , do n't you , Seb ? ’ |
| 22 | Thus we agreed a way of phasing it in that reduced the cost of introduction but provided no disruption for those nearest retirement . |
| 23 | ‘ I would have written sooner , but I was afraid of getting you into some trouble . |
| 24 | With government provision , the good or service may be free or subsidized , so that the amount paid by the consumer will understate the true cost ( higher taxes , etc. ) of providing him with that good or service , thereby encouraging excessive consumption of the item . |
| 25 | She relaxed , then became aware of disappointment from the knowledge that he had not had the slightest intention of kissing her after all . |
| 26 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |
| 27 | If only Star would stop that agitated pacing , would only turn and look at her instead of questioning her in that cold , inquisitorial voice . |
| 28 | There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important .. |
| 29 | He had never been with a man who wanted to take him out at three in morning and stand him up against a wall in a dark street and jerk him off , not because there was nowhere else to go , but for the pleasure of doing it like that ; he had never done it again and again with one body . |
| 30 | I began to think erotically of Alison again ; of the dirty week-end pleasures of having her in some Athens hotel bedroom ; of birds in the hand being worth more than birds in the bush ; and with better motives , of her loneliness , her perpetual mixed-up loneliness . |