Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The panic-stricken fish bolt ahead of them until a whole shoal has been herded together and trapped between the birds and the shore . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A person with IBS who has ignored the symptoms for years may become acutely aware of them when a close relative succumbs to cancer . |
| 8 | Although some of the Wealden towns may have been regional centres for craft specialisation , such as Battle with its leather working and shoemaking , most of them provided a wide range of services which allowed a high degree of virtual self-sufficiency to their surrounding areas . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I know I 'm too old for you , but believe me , I 'll take more care of you than a younger man would . |
| 11 | Instinctively she had sensed that Delaney would demand more of her than a passing gratification . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm fully prepared to step in front of her if a gunman suddenly pops up . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps I also used these silly criticisms of mine as a kind of buffer against the way I was starting to feel about you . |