Pattern: V n of n

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Examples
I'm sure my staff would have notified me of any unexpected guests. (BNC)
[He] accused the government of incomprehensible slowness… (BNC)
[Interviewing the children at home] would have deprived them of the privacy they needed. (BNC)
…the secret is not to expect too much of them. (BNC)
There was no way she could persuade him of her innocence at this moment. (BNC)
Constructions
1. the deprive someone of something construction2. the rid someone of something construction3. the notify someone of something construction4. the persuade someone of something construction5. the accuse someone of something construction6. the suspect someone of something construction7. the what do you think of something construction8. the expect a lot of someone construction

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