Example sentences of "of [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese population , for many of whom existing poverty was compounded by the effects of war , were treated with the utmost contempt and ruthlessness . |
| 2 | They had thirteen children , of whom one boy and five girls lived to maturity . |
| 3 | John and Sarah Freeth had nine children , of whom one son and seven daughters are mentioned in his will . |
| 4 | Since then , the ‘ Willowgate ’ scandal over the illegal sale of cars has brought down five cabinet ministers , one of whom committed suicide . |
| 5 | The father of these children are one or other of the mother 's first two husbands , the first of whom ( from whom she was divorced in 1976 ) has played no part in their lives at least since 1980 , and the second of whom committed suicide in 1984 . |
| 6 | If that had been the case , then he could at least have received finance in the eighties when rich and influential independent figures such as Steven Spielberg , Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty — all of whom professed admiration for Welles — had the chance to help him get a film financed and passed . |
| 7 | I ai n't all that proud of meself one way and another , but there 's no cause for you to tell me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I come up with some of me 'ome-made sausage and onion pie fresh out of me oven . |
| 9 | ( The little road going off to the left here , towards Host a , I certainly do n't advise ; it scared the wits out of me one afternoon , so steep , narrow and broken was it ) . |
| 10 | I love the Christmas services , but I did n't argue with him because I know he means to get rid of me one way or another . |
| 11 | One of the tractor drivers ( which had been turning in front of me all day ) decided it was time for dinner . |
| 12 | She must have gone to work on him , probably saying he 'd get more out of me that way . |
| 13 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
| 14 | hon. Friend the Member for Hexham ( Mr. Amos ) immediately in front of me , I should have welcomed equally the presence of the attractive blonde lady who was sitting in front of me last week , but she obviously has other things to do this week . |
| 15 | Unlike Ma , I know what it wants : not a spoon but my spoon — in fact precisely that spoon belonging to the tea set which became a part of me last Christmas . |
| 16 | no , no , I , I , I just really want , cos I do n't think there 's any question of me this afternoon ruling on whether you 're right or not on these points , but I just er on second I thoughts I want to have them in mind |
| 17 | But I was worried , and somehow I had inside of me this feeling that something was going to happen . |
| 18 | If I had known what would be required of me this morning I would n't have gone to that birthday celebration last night . ’ |
| 19 | He took a lot more photos of me this morning . |
| 20 | I mean , some of me favourite TV programmes start at 8 p.m . |
| 21 | I got thrown out of me previous room this morning , on account of owings . ’ |
| 22 | The air heavy with sweat , greasepaint and burning dust , a lot of clutter and small talk , some haste , occasional flurries of panic , and long stretches of nothing much happening while the empty passageways echoed with relayed sound from the house pickup . |
| 23 | This approach recognises continuing activities as part of the School Development Plan , but forces justification of them each year . |
| 24 | This charity does magnificent work for children , caring for over 11,000 of them each year ; today they run 200 projects , about which I have written in previous diaries . |
| 25 | Some district council 's elect all their councillors once every four years — others elect a third of them each year with a year off while the county council elections are held . |
| 26 | But the new game she had invented of punishing one or both of them each time they were beastly to her made her life more or less bearable . |
| 27 | Erm the inter-club show erm we had to pay judges er two of them thirty pound , we would normally have got Keith for nothing , I know that we had two judges so we had to pay them er we did like so that 's two fifty pounds and we bought some we had some old trophies which we were able to buy plates for to use for that event . |
| 28 | I used to go back home via the local Underground and I 'd take six of our Irish doormen with me , all of them six foot three , and they 'd take the rollers from the roller towels in the Gents and they 'd stand around me , and we would go out in a ‘ flying wedge ’ . |
| 29 | One or two of the men greeted Kalchu with nods and comments and several of them expressed surprise that I was coming with them . |
| 30 | Nearly all of them expressed unhappiness or discontent , particularly teenager Anne , who was threatening to leave home . |