Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [pron] of the " in BNC.

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1 As often as not , He has done nothing of the kind .
2 ‘ I expect he has told you of the tragedy ? ’
3 Next morning he seemed to remember nothing of the night 's experiences , and Tess did not refer to his sleepwalking .
4 While they are on view he hopes to establish which of the pendants are genuine , which of them are fakes and what are the distinguishing factors .
5 As he pushed the calf 's head towards the udder he spat to rid himself of the polluting sight of birth .
6 His plan for a metropolitan see at London had been stillborn but he had rid himself of the problem of Lichfield ( a process completed by 803 ) , successfully confounded his enemies and consolidated the position Offa had established at the height of his power .
7 He had relieved her of the reading aloud and rewriting .
8 He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo .
9 But he had to tell someone of the joy dying inside him .
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