Example sentences of "[verb] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Fairbank developed the interest and skill which led the first Baron Bridges [ q.v. ] to write of him when seventy ‘ No man of our time has done more for good handwriting , whether for the individual or the community , than Alfred Fairbank . ’ |
| 2 | The waitress looks at her pen , as if willing it to write of its own accord . |
| 3 | To write of you a story of such mervayle |
| 4 | It was a more than intellectual comprehension ; and to write of it she must strive to become that meeting . |
| 5 | Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order ; the court must act of its own volition . |
| 6 | Distressing , I mean , for the evidence it provided of my father 's state of mind . |
| 7 | On page 40 you will find a list of who to inform of your change of address . |
| 8 | I could almost see him ticking me off the list of people to inform of his change of address . |
| 9 | They were quietly seething , June 1988 may not have been the right time for demonstrations , but parts of the student body and some sectors of the urban population appeared to be contemplating some form of action to let the government know of their intentions . |
| 10 | Similarly , we could follow up people 20 years on to assess the results of our child care work , but even if we could successfully trace them , is it right to contact them after all that time when their spouses and children may not know of their earlier histories ? |
| 11 | Does anyone know of their whereabouts ? |
| 12 | I remember that you intended to do some copying ( I do n't know of what ) , and there appears to be a lead missing ( audio JVC to monitor Din : 2 pin ) . |
| 13 | She was a student of some sort , I do n't know of what . |
| 14 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 15 | Perhaps we should decline the invitation to join the forum and just keep a watching brief , but I thought I should let you know of its existence and purpose , I would be interested to know if you think there is a suitable person in your branch who would be able and interested in representing CPRW on the forum . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I know they live near the quay , and the cabbie would know of them ; they are well-known . ’ |
| 17 | A club notorious in the area as a hang-out for the criminally inclined was suggested as a place where someone might know of them or their whereabouts . |
| 18 | The objections remain that we can not know of them and do not need to postulate them . |
| 19 | What do you know of them ? |
| 20 | She thought he looked at her rather searchingly , and she held her breath , for surely there would be strange untold stories about this place and surely he would know of them ? |
| 21 | I am surprised you do not know of them . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years . |
| 23 | What did Nick Morley know of her troubles ? |
| 24 | Could Miss Hatherby know of her mother 's affair ? |
| 25 | For what did they know of her half-hearted attempts at abortion , the years ' endurance . |
| 26 | ‘ It 'll be your turn soon , Philly , ’ one of them , who did n't know of her broken engagement , said . |
| 27 | Did she know of her husband 's faithlessness ? ’ |
| 28 | He might never know of her love , might never want it , but she was his wife . |
| 29 | She frequently waited for the King outside Buckingham Palace , even though he did not even know of her existence . |
| 30 | Did he know of her schemes ? |