Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] ' [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of Gleizes ' work he said : ‘ Standing in front of his canvases I had the very definite impression of a sobering up after an Impressionist debauch . ’ |
| 2 | Against Moses ' expectations he also takes on the task of feeding his people . |
| 3 | Martin Fleischmann told me how over a whiskey in Pons ' kitchen he remarked , ‘ It 's a billion to one chance , shall we do it ? ’ and Pons replied , ‘ Let's have a go . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Welsh said that in response to reporters ' questions he had refused to rule out any tactic because the party had not decided what its strategy on civil disobedience might be . |
| 5 | But his definition of style , like Jakobson 's of poetry , fails to allow for its multiplicity and changeability , even if it points to an important possible source of literary effect ; and in his claims concerning readers ' responses he attributes to these a degree of regularity which to many must seem quite unrealistic . |