Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was pigs of majors like you . ’ |
| 2 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |
| 3 | Sharing a glass of whisky with him in his Montpelier Square home , you were liable to be quizzed about theories of antibody formation , David Bohm 's work , or any one of 101 other topical issues that had caught his attention . |
| 4 | Hundreds of thousands had died in the post-war 'flu epidemic , so anyone who caught it — especially children — was bundled off to bed , as Clare was , with a hot water bottle , some aspirin , and a glass of hot milk with an eggspoonful of whisky in it . |
| 5 | It seems there was some sort of watch on him , yes . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's far too much abuse from players and managers and a lack of honesty about them . |
| 7 | However , it seems impossible to deny that each of us also has a sense of a self , or a centre of awareness , somehow within and integral to our ongoing experience , and such as to give a kind of unity to it . |
| 8 | Last Sunday you may remember I held up something at the start of the service , and it was my mail from the previous day and we homed in on one buff letter which had H M inspector of taxes in it . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not the Wimbledon style of play with us , it 's the Sheffield style . |
| 10 | He squeezed both her breasts together and licked and chewed on her nipples , sending delicious waves of euphoria through her . |
| 11 | Why hide behind The Wall when you can share A Saucer full Of Secrets with me ! |
| 12 | Erm it was good , I made a lot of progress in it . |
| 13 | I think the important thing is that we do establish with the other professionals within the school a real understanding about what we are trying to achieve , an agreement and , as far as possible , a sharing of values between us as to what we are trying to achieve with these youngsters . |
| 14 | Seafarers who landed there thought they saw a great chain of mountains and heard the roaring of lions from them . |
| 15 | Once upon a time he had read a quite terrifying number of books and accumulated an equally terrifying number of opinions about them . |
| 16 | Yes , two months ago she had been just one of the Pinehurst girls , and today she was the owner of a house and faced with the double problem of looking after her sister and providing a means of livelihood for them both . |
| 17 | But the best form of support for her is of course to be found in the framework of an affectionate and united family who will make sure that she is not too lonely and can help her to rebuild her social life . |
| 18 | They rang us to reveal all the good work Lamb does for them — one of many messages of support for him . |
| 19 | And by William Lovett , remember : one of that articulate elite which attended the debates at the Rotunda ; one who , knowing full well how partial , minimal and divisive the Whigs ' proposals were , was compelled by the polarisation of opinion they induced to a course of action contributing much to the great flood of support for them ; one who was a founder of the Chartist Movement formed in the wake of the Reform Act . |
| 20 | Service providers would do well to reflect on the evidence presented that common patterns of targeting resources actually discriminate against some of the most heavily involved carers in respect of certain services , and certainly do not lead to higher levels of support for them overall . |
| 21 | By January 1987 , when it was clear that X Window really worked across multi-vendor networks , there was a joint statement of support for it by Apollo , Data General , DEC , Hewlett-Packard , Masscomp , Siemens and Sony , amongst others ( not IBM ) . |
| 22 | Identification with the team and engaging in the correct patterns of support for it are sufficient . |
| 23 | Yet family and friends may well need help in planning for such an admission ; this way the older person does not feel rejected , but is admitted taking a social network of support with them , of people who will visit regularly , and not feel guilty ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 24 | Anita Saada had children of similar ages to Laura 's and was to become a staunch source of support to her over the years . |
| 25 | I have written to Mrs on behalf of the Council expressing our sorrow and extending a message of support to her in her and her family at this sad time . |
| 26 | He had been unpopular in the city since an inquiry in 1321 which led to the curbing of the city 's liberties ; the citizens had probably helped Mortimer to escape from the Tower , and Froissart , who was a Hainaulter himself and may have written on good authority , said that even before Isabella landed she had received secret assurances of support from them . |
| 27 | ‘ You got me all wrong , Malamute , ’ SHe said , ‘ I do n't need that kind of support from you . |
| 28 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |
| 29 | Is , is , is , yes , is there another element to this though , that what in , in your new more difficult military situation you need to mobilize the mass of support behind you , which er essentially means mobilizing the poor peasants is it possible that within the May the fourth directive , although the poor could have done much better , they need not necessarily do very much better . |
| 30 | Think through the possible effects of change on you both . |