Example sentences of "of [pron] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had thirteen children , of whom one boy and five girls lived to maturity . |
| 2 | John and Sarah Freeth had nine children , of whom one son and seven daughters are mentioned in his will . |
| 3 | I ai n't all that proud of meself one way and another , but there 's no cause for you to tell me . ’ |
| 4 | ( 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Since entrances were not screened and materials were poor — many of them one brick thick or built in pisé , a version of mud — they were cold and cheerless , with rain actually driving in through the walls . |
| 9 | You suddenly come across something , and , whether it is er , medicine , mostly , or technique think , first of them one stage after another was invented , more or less by accident . |
| 10 | of im of I five land . |
| 11 | It means that any office development or commercial of this kind in this I twelve policy that was to occur in Harrogate would not be counted off the sixty hectares of em erm of I five allocation , it would be in addition to it , and that may be a very important breakthrough for us . |
| 12 | If you would like to share a bit of my life with me , then give me a bit of yours I will reply so do n't make me cry , get me high , and reply to SKY . |
| 13 | Craig Davis is an international photographer/journalist , who has over 20 years experience in yacht racing , most recently with the entry of his one ton Top Gun in the 1987 US Admiral 's Cup trials |
| 14 | I have tried to identify the pattern of presuppositions which underlay common sense arguments about the meaning of my two study texts ; I look both at their theoretical adequacy as explanatory models of racism , and at their rhetorical power as a means of winning consent for certain ‘ exemplary ’ or ‘ ideologically correct ’ formulations of how antiracist work should be done . |
| 15 | The dream of the New Look has to have taken place during or after the summer of 1950 , because in it I wore one of my two summer dresses , one of green and one of blue gingham , that were made that year and that lasted me , with letting down , until I went to school . |
| 16 | Today I attended the Scotland/Wales rugby international at Murrayfield with several of my under-15 team mates from Preston Lodge High School , East Lothian . |
| 17 | It was the end of my 1983 season . |
| 18 | I currently set the ignition timing of my 8:1 compression ratio engine , using 90 octane fuel ( Note : An ethanol |
| 19 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 20 | But I believe he has the potential to become the best of my six world champions . |
| 21 | Which of these fish would have been responsible for the disappearance of my six Neon Tetras ? |
| 22 | What grade of oil should I be using in the main and transfer boxes of my 1972 Range Rover ? |
| 23 | Out of my 51 working years I spent seven of them with Ira Dilworth and I never had a finer friend to work with ; he was admired by all and his contribution to Canadian broadcasting was tremendous . |
| 24 | Could you please help me with the rewiring of the brake pressure warning lamp of my 1980/1 Safari 9iX cylinder ? |
| 25 | Perhaps it is the legacy of my Fifties upbringing , when the States always had that image of the cornucopia of goodies and pleasureable things , with no whiff of European austerity and rationing . |
| 26 | Twelve-week-old poodle pups , with hair and ear mites , sold directly to , or even worse , given as presents to frail OAPs who were given no idea of the amount of care the dogs ' ears will need every two or three weeks for the rest of their 16 year lives ? |
| 27 | They offered to help , but three of their fifty pound notes were fakes . |
| 28 | Soon it 's time for the cyclists to get ready for the next stage of their 1,500 mile journey . |
| 29 | Nottingham Forest have only won three of their eleven League games this season four drawn four defeats and only one away win . |
| 30 | As the new term is about to start , they 've been told that 6 of their 10 business sponsors have gone bust in the last 4 months . |