Example sentences of "what he [verb] of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the driver 's expression showed what he thought of the idea of living in a place like that . |
| 2 | In their extreme forms the ‘ techniques ’ school would have it that an actor 's performance is detached from his own feelings during performance , that he represents a distillation of what he understands of the character 's feelings ; the Stanislavkian actor , on the other hand , becomes emotionally involved as he performs his role . |
| 3 | IV Intelligence School who immediately made arrangements for a billet in nearby Linslade. from what he heard of the telephone conversation , Harold gathered that the billetor was unwilling to have a private soldier , and had to be persuaded that this particular specimen knew how to behave . |
| 4 | He liked what he saw of the school and got on well with the Chairman of the Governors , a fellow classicist . |
| 5 | She told him about the puzzle of the second set of keys , then Harbury wandered back and began to say what he knew of the case . |
| 6 | Kirov mulled over what he knew of the man thus far . |
| 7 | Freddie the Nark was a shrewd character , he thought , and from what he knew of the man Billy realised that he must tread very carefully . |
| 8 | When the White House lawyer first tried to debrief Reagan on what he knew of the affair , the president was said to have told him stories of Hollywood ; when journalists badgered him about the deals he had half-wittingly struck with Israel and Iran in August 1985 , he replied amiably : ‘ Everybody that can remember what they were doing on August 8th 1985 , raise your hand . ’ |
| 9 | During the interminable journey Edward turned what he knew of the affair over and over in his mind , and wondered if it could possibly , really , happen . |
| 10 | Erlich told Rutherford what he knew of the assassin who spoke with an English accent , and to whom the word ‘ Colt ’ had been shouted . |
| 11 | In an attempt partly to offer a tribute and perhaps in some way to attempt a readjustment of the balance against him , he recited what he knew of the church 's founding saint . |
| 12 | what he thinks of the match has n't he ? |
| 13 | Raleigh replies when the Queen asks him what he thinks of the dispute between Essex and Mountjoy , and the last line is set with a homely finality which reminds us that , by the end of Gloriana 's reign , Raleigh is no longer a young man , and that the historic Raleigh had a taste for literary homily , as in his poem The Lie " . |
| 14 | And , from what he remembered of the funeral ( his grandmother 's ) , the ushers looked like men who were trying hard not to snigger . |
| 15 | It seems unreal that Perry could even consider dissolving Jane 's , given what he makes of a stage with them . |