Example sentences of "[verb] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could almost see him ticking me off the list of people to inform of his change of address . |
| 2 | Many readers who know nothing else about Piaget 's work will know of his experiments on ‘ conservation ’ . |
| 3 | Like Piquet he changed his name ( from Senna da Silva to Senna ) so his family would n't know of his racing exploits . |
| 4 | But what an officer will know of his colleagues ' districts compared with his own will tend to be particularistic — of salient pollution problems — set in the context of an undetailed and generalized apprehension of the kind of patch a colleague looks after . |
| 5 | He could n't fathom why she was so anxious that no one else should know of his interest in her . |
| 6 | Cadfael knew of none besides Tutilo who had been out of the enclave that night , but a man intending such a deed would hardly publish his intent or let anyone know of his absence . |
| 7 | I do n't know of his 26-volume autobiography which Miss Godden asks about , but his 180-volume diary provided the material for a 400-page biography by David Newsome , entitled On the Edge of Paradise : A. C. Benson , Diarist . |
| 8 | more reluctant to so infer , particularly where the applicant did not know of his right to object at that stage . |
| 9 | ‘ What do you know of his family history ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I enclosed my note to Aycliffe within that , so that no one would know of his coming . |
| 11 | With most United matches televised in Scandinavia , his fans can easily track of his progress . |
| 12 | It was a ‘ sliding process ’ said the CIA man , with the caution expected of his craft : signs of ‘ activity that reflected money . ’ |
| 13 | He has to come of his own free will . |
| 14 | As the educated urban elite abandon Mr Collor , following a series of media exposes of his political record , he has relied on continued support from rural voters at rallies of up to 70,000 . |
| 15 | Now , aged seventy-three , he was dying of his wounds . |
| 16 | He was reminded of his own headmaster back at school . |
| 17 | The times were few and far between when she could look at him and not be reminded of his many faults and shortcomings . |
| 18 | Leaning forward to slip the sweet between his lips , he would be reminded of his rider when all my other aids had failed to engage his attention . |
| 19 | He thought : He has acquired the mystique of the story-teller and , glancing at the ring of fire-lit and intent faces , he was suddenly reminded of his first village school , of the children clustered round Miss Douglas at three o'clock on a Friday afternoon for the half hour of story-time , and felt a pang of pain and regret for those lost days of innocence and love . |
| 20 | Walking her round , Luke was reminded of his schoolfriend Spike , who 'd been caught in the locker room with another boy . |
| 21 | The spectator has come for blood , but did not buy his ticket to be reminded of his own mortality . |
| 22 | Another ambition has been financial reward , and it is a lucky man who escapes a conversation with Jackie without being reminded of his various positions , his bankers , his lawyers , his accountants and his courtiers . |
| 23 | So far this is normal and to be expected , but if Claire is told often enough how good she is when she feels herself to be bad , or if Henry is constantly reminded of his vicious streak when he is aware of other , ignored qualities in himself , then both Claire and Henry are likely to become confused as to their own self-images . |
| 24 | He was reminded of his right of silence by being cautioned on two occasions within a short time of his arrival and , acting on the advice of his attorney , he remained silent when he might have been expected to explain that the shooting had been due to an accident . |
| 25 | Although Price did not give his evidence on oath ( because under Swedish law an accomplice can not be required to give evidence on oath ) , he was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court , and he declared himself to be aware of his duty of truthfulness . |
| 26 | In a multitude of subtle ways the farm worker may be reminded of his inferiority . |
| 27 | He was reminded of his priorities . |
| 28 | He was reminded of his childhood and of his father 's farm ; they too had kept a couple of goats . |
| 29 | ‘ I do not think that you will find the Prince overjoyed to be reminded of his presence here , ’ said Auguste . |
| 30 | He scowled and once more she was forcibly reminded of his Viking heritage , the cold , hard power that had fortified the Norsemen as they had bounded from their makeshift camps intent on conquest . |