Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] of the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times I think of the first contacts the people of St Kilda had with the outside world . |
| 2 | What I mind of the last war it was too busy then . |
| 3 | What shall I say of the next ? |
| 4 | These Golf tickets came in 1st and 2nd class as well , the example I have of the 1st class issue is No. 10 , hardly worth printing . |
| 5 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 6 | ‘ When they came in they talked of the first team and it seemed an offer I could n't refuse ; with hindsight , I should never have gone . ’ |
| 7 | He says of the first degree that it happens when no other desire can divert love from God and " all labyr is lyght to a lufar " , signalling a vivid apprehension of the joy at the heart of the work of redemption . |
| 8 | ‘ They have been very supportive , ’ he says of the first major professional stage production of the novels . |
| 9 | ‘ I have a sweet tooth , ’ he said blandly as he disposed of the fourth . |
| 10 | He thought of the seventeenth century poisoner , Madame de Brinvilliers , who had run round the hospitals of Paris poisoning people for ‘ practice ’ . |
| 11 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 12 | It tells of the last penguin to leave the North Pole , left behind because he is afraid of swimming . |
| 13 | ‘ She was crazy , ’ he said of the last reneging fiancée when he first turned his attention to me . |