Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was a companion of mine four regenerations ago . ’ |
| 2 | In one of his earliest pamphlets , called The Reason of Church Government , he said this about himself : ‘ After I had for my first years , by the ceaseless diligence and care of my father , whom God recompense , been exercised to the tongues and some sciences as my age would suffer , by sundry masters and teachers , both at home and at the schools , it was found that whether ought was imposed me by them that had the overlooking , or be taken to of mine own choice in English or other tongue , prosing or versing but chiefly by this latter , style by certain vital signs it had was likely to live . |
| 3 | What you said of Alexander Selkirk 's monologue , the good sense you made of the ramblings of my John Bunyan , your understanding of the passion of Iñez de Castro … gruesomely resurrecta … but that is enough of my egoistical mutter , and of those of my personae , who are not , as you so rightly remarked , my masks . |
| 4 | At the end of my five laps , I wheedled and wangled for another session , saying that the photographer needed more time to get his shots . |
| 5 | Through the whole tenor of my school-day time |
| 6 | Please accept my apologies and best wishes , and rest assured of my ongoing support . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the end of my criminal career , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I could n't join the regular army because of my criminal record . |
| 9 | Can I have one of my mini chocolate orange things ? |
| 10 | At the start of my current relationship , I made it clear that sexual exclusivity was important to me . |
| 11 | WILLIAMS : [ to PAMELA ] Mrs. Belville , I hope you will excuse the temerity of my current address to you but following the masquerade I have discovered news . |
| 12 | Speaking of dunking , I feel I ought to apprise readers of this pert little nipple of an hebdominal magazine of my current orientation concerning the beast with two backs — or three on a good night . |
| 13 | I could n't answer that question because my thoughts were aimed at you , not at the painful roots of my current practice but at you , the conjuring of feelings by the spell and ritual of words , the seducing of you with poetry , I a pedlar tumbling stories before your dais . |
| 14 | Permit me to take up our plight — try to imagine for a moment the straight and level run in to the target , " bombs gone " followed by the desperate seconds ( best described by one of my Canadian pilots as " when I bite buttons off my parachute cushion " ) before the automatic photoflash and the aiming point picture taken by the night camera . |
| 15 | I will engage in these subversive activities either only to the extent that they are lawful , or where the risk to the reputation of my university is overshadowed by the importance of my revolutionary activities . |
| 16 | So Jenny 's afternoon tea , if you hang on in there , I will kindly donate a slice of my apricot cheesecake . |
| 17 | Finally , scraping together the last microscopic filaments of my tattered pride to produce a quorum fit for emergency egoresuscitation if not actual wit , I managed : ‘ Gav , I 'm shocked . ’ |
| 18 | Some of my negative qualities that I like are : Some that I do n't like are : |
| 19 | I MADE one of my rare visits to town this week and I wish I had not . |
| 20 | And torture ai n't one of my strong suits either . |
| 21 | ‘ Getting the best out of players is one of my strong points , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Maths was n't one of my strong subjects at school and er I I rely very heavily on it |
| 23 | I therefore offer readers an extract of my elder friend 's memoirs , taken from the book which his daughter Aliki Costakis and I are currently preparing for publication . |
| 24 | If you have one kiss of my lily-white lips |
| 25 | Here is the second half of my exclusive A-Z of football , played the Athletico way . |
| 26 | The God of my far-off country must remember that I used to pray four times a day and still love me . |
| 27 | And Carla … that bloody Carla is like a permanent reminder of my bloody mistake ! |
| 28 | Get out of my bloody shoes , Mick ! |
| 29 | He pipped me mum and made me jump out of my bloody skin . |
| 30 | Get out of my bloody sight ! ’ |