Example sentences of "i [verb] of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the other two paintings , one is a picture of a friend , a girl who was also a student , posing in the same life-room , and the other , a portrait I made of a fellow student and good friend of mine from the Royal Academy , James Tower , who became a noted ceramicist . |
| 2 | Early in February 1726 Montrose instructed his commissioner in Scotland to organise his friends to support the plan of a reduction in emoluments for the collector , believing that this would discourage the new candidates and ensure Kirkton 's re-election , for the duke was determined ‘ to stand by him upon the above terms , I mean of a smaller sellary for the future ’ . |
| 3 | There was a newsflash I caught of a big pile-up on the E 35 autobahn outside Freiburg … ’ |
| 4 | I suspect that were I to appear of a sudden in royal regalia , crown , sceptre and all , it would be a different story ! ’ |
| 5 | In my case you get pregnant at every verse end , cos I came of a big family you see , mm . |
| 6 | But if I speak of a stone that turneth all to gold , or a treasure hidden in the menstruum of whores , then the imagination is set to work . |
| 7 | Because when he told me their name was I thought of a girl I used to know called Louise , but it is n't her |
| 8 | It was therefore with a quickening of the blood that I read of a builder in Birmingham who has torn down his house in order to erect something bigger , and inadvertently left his neighbour 's previously attached semi teetering sideways . |
| 9 | From an old book of local walks I read of a route up the Remarkables , the jagged range of peaks which overshadow Queenstown across the lake , and which rise to nearly 8,000 feet . |
| 10 | I find it tragic when I hear of a couple where one knows the other is dying , but neither can bear to talk about it . |
| 11 | But I I would n't er if I hear of a girl getting pregnant er you know now now it 's a very common thing I know , but sometimes I feel really sorry for the girls because it 's tying yourself fifteen , sixteen tying yourself down to children . |
| 12 | It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth . |
| 13 | I know of a couple who would suit , and who would live in the house with the children while you yourself were exercising — ’ he smiled , showing false teeth — ‘ your considerable talents on the stage . ’ |
| 14 | I know of a least two other examples which exceed 10½ inches . |
| 15 | ‘ I would n't like to say that there is not such a thing as black magic but I know of a coincidence , or something that happened regularly . |
| 16 | I know of a lovely teacher who told her boys and girls in school about God 's plan for the animals and they had a mother bunny in her cage right in the schoolroom . |
| 17 | I know of a fellow of over sixty who took out a policy . |
| 18 | ‘ I know of a short lease up for sale , just off Soho Square , ’ Brassard interrupted . |
| 19 | ‘ I know of a drug which is a bloody good cure for a cold but it 's on the banned list because it 's supposed to act as a boost . |
| 20 | I know of a school not far from this place where there are many highly deprived children , but they work well . |
| 21 | I know of a very nice hotel in Seabourne where we can enjoy a fabulous meal and afterwards take a romantic stroll by the sea in the moonlight . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But I know of a way . ’ |
| 23 | I know of a young female who had to show a leading hand a tampon out of her pocket , to prove that she needed a toilet . |
| 24 | I know of a manager who seems to get great pleasure by bullying females and male w and male workers . |
| 25 | I know of a female member of this union who was sexually abused by her male colleagues , who I might add , are members of the G M B. |
| 26 | She said : ‘ The first time I heard of a case I could not believe it . |
| 27 | ‘ I left college in ‘ 76 , and subsequently hustled around for about four months working for various people , before I heard of a second assistant 's job coming up with David Thorpe . |
| 28 | A few years ago , I heard of a consultant surgeon who had been drinking on duty for 20 years . |
| 29 | With a grin , Doyle said , ‘ I heard of a German bloke who kept one of our lads hidden for years after the War . |
| 30 | In Berlin , for example , I heard of a woman addressed as Fräulein ( ‘ Miss ’ , literally ‘ little woman ’ and widely regarded as a put-down , so that many German women have abandoned it in favour of Frau ) by a male bus driver , who said ‘ Danke , Fräulein' when she tendered her fare . |