Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we will pay them for a start , that 's that 's the that 's the trouble with a lot other companies and er it would n't be professional of me to mention names , but let me tell you that er that 's one thing we do make sure that people erm get their money when when they 've earned it . |
| 2 | Stu , I mean I live in Glasgow , the chances of me leaving Glasgow are pro , pre pretty slim but yeah , I certainly do n't want to stay in Scotland because of any loyalty , that I do n't think it 's given me very much other than a lot of experience , a lot of struggle , a lot of opportunities to stand alongside working class people and fight against , you know , the injustices . |
| 3 | And for all rumours of me read obituary |
| 4 | I must admit , it was rather cruel of me to take advantage of your amiable nature . |
| 5 | ‘ Because you were so vulnerable , I felt it had been unfair of me to take advantage of you . ’ |
| 6 | I 've always known that it would be wrong , almost criminal of me to take advantage of such innocence … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That 's the only picture of me playing rugby I ever kept , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I can not for the life of me see Wilko releasin Rocky , especially for only 1 Million . |
| 9 | You 've no doubt yawned frequently to the sound in print of me extolling osteopathy , Alexander Technique , Royal Jelly , Republican Jelly , Bach flower remedies , Bach-again flower remedies , Reflexology and any other ‘ ology ’ that fails to carry the approval of your average GP . |
| 10 | I can not for the life of me understand anglers who use those lifeless , poker-like , stepped-up carp rods coupled with lines of 12lb or less . |
| 11 | A few years ago I saw a couple of Eastenders stars come in erm and Ross whatever his name forget his name there were two young girls standing in front of me scraping pennies out of their purse to get in though we loved that character they wanted to come that night we 've got to get girls like that youngsters like that interested to come on other nights and then come again that 's what needs doing . . |
| 12 | The number of top lady paddlers in sprint , shalom and coaching is legion and it would be invidious of me to select names although one has honoured canoeing by being awarded an MBE a few years ago and more recently one has completed almost the ultimate in canoe expeditions by paddling round the Horn . |
| 13 | The traffic calming measures , a lot of them take place in my constituency . |
| 14 | You 'd be surprised , some of them make bookings with the beautician and hairdresser even before they come on board . ’ |
| 15 | In other words , manners not only make the man , but lack of them make men into animals . |
| 16 | Quite a large proportion of the world 's volcanoes are located on the oceanic crust , most of them forming parts of the mid-ocean ridge systems . |
| 17 | The three of them spent hours talking together , usually in the radio-room . |
| 18 | It is within these overlaps that partnerships flourish , outside of them lurk problems of exploitation , resentment and the breakdown of a relationship . |
| 19 | The movements are short and comparatively chaste in their polyphonic expression , some of them leaving space for text to be completed in plainsong ; while the credo , uniquely in Carver 's output , is composed in the note-against-note plainsong harmonisation technique of Faburden . |
| 20 | so those few that entered most of them got prizes and it was three police forces that entered and they all got awards . |
| 21 | Y'know , with only these two lads coming round the house and then both of them got bust in one of the lads ’ house and they blew me up as the one who was supplying them . |
| 22 | He offered some minor Major themes , stressing the role of small businesses , small savers , charities and football : all of them got tax breaks . |
| 23 | However , many halls of residence will have to pay business rate because many of them undertake business activities in the recesses . |
| 24 | Some of them supplemented wages from the great estates with tiny holdings , where they were lucky enough to have them . |
| 25 | As disc records took a greater hold of the market , some cylinder companies turned to discs ; but many of them eschewed paper labels . |
| 26 | Can I use either of them to design icons and/or wallpaper for Windows ? |
| 27 | Two of them escaped prison , and Ronnie Biggs is still at large in Rio De Janeiro . |
| 28 | Seven of them use wheelchairs and so staff need to raise an extra £4,000 so twelve of them can accompany the residents , who are paying their own way . |
| 29 | Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information . |
| 30 | Some of them use super P C K and some of them use Smart Drive and buggered if I can tell the difference . |