Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me of one case he had had of a woman in her early twenties . |
| 2 | Dr Theo Angelov , President of the Baptist Union of Bulgaria , addressed the Wednesday evening rally on ‘ People to People in Europe ’ , when he told us of faithful Christian witness over a period of 40 years by many in his country living through extreme conditions and hardships under Communist rule . |
| 3 | Mr. Wilson : We know that the Hon. Gentleman is advising both companies — he informed us of that in Committee and has said so again tonight — but is it correct that he is backing Strathtay for his own area ? |
| 4 | He robbed them of all dignity . ’ |
| 5 | In a desperate appeal to his son 's conscience he reminded him of all his own personal sacrifices for the furtherance of his son 's career . |
| 6 | He reminded them of all the things that he 'd said and done and he prepared them for their mission in the world . |
| 7 | He reminded her of little Gabriel , of so many others during the war . |
| 8 | He reminded me of this as we sat on the beach watching Ted and Carwyn having their hopes dashed on the Pipeline reef . |
| 9 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
| 10 | And I fancy that erm a large part of his animus against latterday Oxford philosophy was that he suspected it of covert idealism , erm a preoccupation simply with the knowing mind , insufficient attention to the facts of the world as presented by science . |