Example sentences of "said of his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God . |
| 2 | Ian Stark once said of his great mount Murphy Himself that if Murphy 's ears were really pricked while they were going round a cross country course that he was probably out of control ! |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm going to offer a programme that 's going to create half a million or more jobs in the short run , that is highly progressive , that is very well balanced , that is faithful to the great middle class of this country and good for the things that we care about , jobs and health care , ’ he said of his economic plan . |
| 4 | Dr. Berry said of his new appointment : ‘ I see the Westlakes research Institute as providing a tremendous opportunity for extending scientific and technological knowledge . |
| 5 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |