English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Of" in Example Sentences
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1140018	Would you consider taking care of my children next Saturday?	CK
3185488	Would you mind staying home and taking care of the children?	CK
612266	Years of running in marathons have taken a toll on my knees.	darinmex
257764	Yesterday I ran across an old friend of mine at the airport.	CM
71587	You get paid in proportion to the amount of the work you do.	CK
16028	You should try to form the habit of using your dictionaries.	CK
69957	You will have guessed its meaning by the end of the chapter.	CM
2639693	You'd better be very sure before you accuse Tom of anything.	CK
265759	Young people know the disasters of war only in the abstract.	CM
239558	Your way of doing things will have an effect on your future.	CM
434130	"Blood and Sand" is the title of a novel by Blasco Ináñez.	lukaszpp
268346	A good lawyer will always zero in on a key piece of evidence.	CM
1222958	A person with common sense would never do this kind of thing.	CK
770432	A woman friend of ours took a trip to a small town last week.	CK
805497	After months of negotiations, the peace treaty was completed.	Source_VOA
273245	After the war, the idea of democracy spread throughout Japan.	CM
3182190	After three hours, Tom and I ran out of things to talk about.	CK
246192	All the citizens of the city have access to the city library.	CK
51762	All the competitors are trying to get their piece of the pie.	CK
280510	As a proud new father, I gave my first child plenty of books.	CM
257551	As I got the train this morning, I met an old friend of mine.	CM
245294	Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.	CM
3329575	Can you think of any reason why Tom wouldn't want to do that?	CK
62831	Chris injured his leg playing tennis and is in a lot of pain.	CM
69227	Did you inform the post office of the change of your address?	CK
681933	Do you believe global warming is the result of human actions?	Source_VOA
62550	Do you have the time to run over the draft of my speech, Ken?	CM
239251	During the first year of his research, he learned he had ALS.	CK
19113	Education does not consist simply in learning a lot of facts.	CK
24798	First of all, he is very worried about his daughter's health.	NekoKanjya
241740	For the time being, I will wait for the result of the survey.	CM
302494	He always takes advantage of the mistakes made by his rivals.	CK
294418	He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.	CK
301250	He entered the business world instead of going on to college.	CM
1310401	He hates singing in public because his songs are kind of bad.	NekoKanjya
295339	He introduced the problem of education into the conversation.	CM
304443	He is able man, but on the other hand he asks too much of us.	CM
294765	He was ignorant of the fact that the town had been destroyed.	CM
301138	He was so busy that he sent his son instead of going himself.	CK
2290037	He was the most remarkable figure in the history of the city.	AlanF_US
2258613	He's an accredited representative of the Canadian government.	_undertoad
286422	His tasks range from digging wells to getting rid of garbage.	CM
60461	How long does it take to get the hang of this sewing machine?	CM
923368	I always keep a set of fingernail clippers in my guitar case.	CK
277731	I am in the habit of taking my dog for a walk in the morning.	CK
2717572	I don't like any of the babysitters we've interviewed so far.	CK
72099	I felt utterly out of place among those sophisticated people.	CM
261236	I gave a bunch of roses to her in return for her hospitality.	CK
256221	I intend to devote a few hours a day to the study of English.	CK
2374060	I just want to tell all of you how much I enjoyed being here.	CK