English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Of" in Example Sentences
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2267276	In spite of the hurricane, the ship reached port.	_undertoad
26777	In spite of the rain, the game was not cancelled.	jakov
58329	Is this the girl you spoke well of the other day?	CK
304940	It is cruel of them to make the boy work so hard.	CM
324208	It is irresponsible of you to break your promise.	CM
48546	It is very brave of you to vote against the plan.	CM
262388	It is very kind of you to invite me to the party.	CM
680798	It takes a lot of electricity to power a country.	Source_VOA
41857	It took the best part of my holiday to finish it.	CK
388333	It was because of her that he lived so miserably.	CK
282240	It was brave of you to go into the burning house.	CK
39086	It was careless of me to forget to lock the door.	CK
284207	It was evident to all of us that he was innocent.	CK
245641	It was naughty of Mary to pull the kitten's tail.	CM
34742	It was so cold that we lost the use of our hands.	CK
1190320	It's a hassle to take the husks off of chestnuts.	CK
2762062	It's still a long way to the top of the mountain.	sharptoothed
281539	Japan achieved a real GNP growth of 5% last year.	CM
281533	Japan seceded from the League of Nations in 1933.	CM
281464	Japan trades with lots of countries in the world.	Dejo
244781	Last night I began to nod off in front of the TV.	CM
2007223	Let's hope the situation doesn't get out of hand.	CK
29266	London is one of the largest cities in the world.	Zifre
26155	London, the capital of England, is on the Thames.	NekoKanjya
2898174	Los Angeles is one of the places I want to visit.	AlanF_US
24103	Lots of women both run a home and go out to work.	NekoKanjya
350183	Lucy and I have about the same number of friends.	human600
243018	Machines can do a lot of things for people today.	CM
274965	Many people were killed as a result of the storm.	CM
31984	Mary played the role of an old woman in the play.	CM
1392596	Mass production lowers the cost of certain goods.	CM
552147	Mireille Mathieu is one of France's best singers.	kebukebu
807652	More than 75% of farms raised pigs and milk cows.	Source_VOA
807653	More than half of the Union troops were captured.	Source_VOA
807654	Most of the Dutch in New Amsterdam did not leave.	Source_VOA
807655	Mr. Clinton was governor of Arkansas at the time.	Source_VOA
1490621	Mr. Yamada is in charge of the personnel section.	CK
541767	My brother is the proud father of a new baby boy.	darinmex
319157	My father disapproved of my going to the concert.	CK
273914	My grandmother never changed her style of living.	CM
320699	My mother thinks of everything in terms of money.	CK
245580	My sister married him in spite of our objections.	CK
250257	My uncle died of cancer of the stomach yesterday.	CM
36174	Nancy ran across an old friend of hers yesterday.	CM
2640085	None of Tom's classmates knew who his father was.	CK
673951	Nothing out of the ordinary happened on our trip.	CK
34350	One of the twins is alive, but the other is dead.	CK
246701	One third of the friends I grew up with are dead.	CM
247555	Our chief concern should be the aging of society.	CM
29178	Our country is running short of energy resources.	CM