Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |
| 2 | He warned us of the considerable social upset that these advances might cause . |
| 3 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 4 | He reminded her of the ancient tradition of Christianity in that part of Ireland , one that dated back to the first century after the crucifixion , before Rome was supreme . |
| 5 | He reminded her of the mad professor in her comics . |
| 6 | She wondered why he did n't step across it ; he reminded her of the white mice they had let out of the cage one day . |
| 7 | He reminded me of the tight-lipped heroes in war films — the name and number ploy ; more you will not get even if you carve strips off me . |