Example sentences of "of [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may even feel , as certainly I do , that some of the later cantos are of such a nature that it 's hard to conceive in any age of a way of encountering them other than the way we 're here embarked upon . |
| 2 | There are various ways of using them one way , to look through which yo , which you have to see the light , you know , otherwise you wo n't see it ! |
| 3 | He was not sure how she would take it , leaving the house before they had intended and moving up north ; also , in the last few years he had got into the habit of sparing her any unnecessary decisions or arguments . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid you wo n't have the pleasure of seeing me onstage . |
| 5 | I 'm sick of seeing them all ! |
| 6 | I had the advantage of seeing him first , eagerly scanning the carriages , and I observed that he was bronzed almost to the colour of teak . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sure Meg and all the ladies are very anxious to take possession of their fine new footwear , but I shall have the privilege of seeing it first . ’ |
| 8 | Gould was charmed by these little parrots whose ‘ extreme cheerfulness of disposition and sprightliness of manner ’ he said ‘ render it an especial favourite with all who have had an opportunity of seeing it alive ’ . |
| 9 | " It 's the old story of catching them young , " he said . |
| 10 | So until we get a organised , you know it 's no good sort of encouraging em all to become members for them to ring in , only to get that stone wall , |
| 11 | marks and just er sort of make them brighter looking and you know , just make them a s a standing point you know . |
| 12 | Sort of make them restless ? ’ |
| 13 | If somebody says you do n't wan na be rushed , right , that 's what you 've got ta say to them that 's just what that old dear was saying the other day , right you certainly understand that , right , you agree with them , first thing you do you always agree with them , right and then you 've just got the same sequence as I want to think about it , but just sort of make it clear , I mean what is it they actually , you know , frightened of being rushed into ? |
| 14 | But the idea of given you that money is to homework , . |
| 15 | The usual way of coping with their father had been to make no reference to anything untoward that might have happened , for fear of bringing it all upon them again . |
| 16 | Erm , so it 's a way of bringing it alive . |
| 17 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |
| 18 | I chopped up the chicken itself and I put it and what I could rescue of the rice and a bit more rice which was in the cupboard into a frying pan with a stock cube and some water and I sort of poached it all together . ’ |
| 19 | It will be a complete change to report these facts instead of keeping them secret . |
| 20 | On cold days it does have the advantage of keeping him warm , but on hot days it can be unbearably uncomfortable . |
| 21 | Their political passivity about these communal services ca n't be understood without taking into account the benefit of keeping it all in the family — for men it secured their surveillance over the time and labour of women . |
| 22 | Of the residents who voted 53.4 per cent were for closure and 46.6 per cent in favour of keeping it open . |
| 23 | After dinner , the hotel cabaret and band take over the easy task of keeping you happy . |
| 24 | Yeah , should of picked it all up . |
| 25 | Mm , it banks up the other side banks up the other side you see and then once the pond 's all in you sort of landscape it all down and you use it as a rockery , I want the |
| 26 | Well no , you , you sort of mix it all up and it 's like a , a piece of dough , it 's like , it 's like a pastry |
| 27 | Whoa , old girl , ’ soothed Ted , when he saw that even with all his weight pulling on the halter , there was no hope of saving her that way . |
| 28 | And I think if if people like Thomson can sort of give him that sort of service he 's going to make life awfully difficult for the Forest de central defence . |
| 29 | It 's only the beginning for me but I thank God for the privilege of serving him this way . |
| 30 | ‘ You wonder why I am warning you , instead of rounding you all up ? |