Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her of that woman novelist who made a character in Provence ladle out onion soup , followed by bouillabaisse for luncheon , and in summer too . |
| 2 | Apathetically , I thought it of little use . |
| 3 | I disabused him of that notion . |
| 4 | She informed him of this conclusion , and with his usual calm he accepted it . |
| 5 | When Molly joined him he would ask hopefully if she were feeling tired or , even perhaps more hopefully , as though it relieved him of all responsibility , if she had the curse . |
| 6 | He robbed them of all dignity . ’ |
| 7 | It reminded him of that moment years before when she had drawn and aimed the bow . |
| 8 | It reminded me of that episode in Rudyard Kipling 's Kim where the boy is confronted with a shattered pot and comes under pressure to reconstruct it in his mind as it once was . |
| 9 | It reminded me of those rooms they put guests in in horror movies — the sort where you know something horrible 's going to happen in the middle of the night . |
| 10 | It reminded her of another time . |
| 11 | She enjoyed his obvious fascination with it and it reminded her of another suggestion she wanted to make to him . |
| 12 | And when the old chap approached Shirley outside London nightspot Tramp — of course — it reminded her of another line from that old song of hers : ‘ Hey big spender , spend a little time with me . ’ |