Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] write of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not always fair in their criticism : few today would agree with the New Statesman reviewer who wrote of The Lady Vanishes that ‘ the English should leave amorous wisecracking to the nation which invented and alone understands that art . ’ |
| 2 | Foulston himself wrote of the group that : ‘ it occurred to him that if a series of edifices , exhibiting the various features of the architectural world , were erected in conjunction and skilfully grouped , a happy result might be obtained . |
| 3 | In my first article I wrote of the ingenuity and imagination I saw in children 's play in Asia . |
| 4 | In Gwendolen she writes of the way a black woman like Sonia , Gwendolen 's mother , is treated , either with polite indifference or as if she is not there . |
| 5 | Now to the house itself , one of the early observers gives us a clue when mentioning the house he writes of the fine Elizabethan chimneys still standing , these I believe are those which collapsed in 1973 after having previously been lowered owing to their dangerous condition , on the collapse of these some fine timber framing was discovered in the older parts of the house showing considerable blackening , and Mrs Lingham informed me that vestiges of a gallery were discovered , and it was suggested that this part of the building may have been of the hall type . |