Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] of " in BNC.

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1 He choked back the tears and shook as he told of how he 'd been driving along the road when steam started coming out of the bonnet .
2 Lowell 's conscience ebbed and flowed when he thought of Ballater and the old man 's anxiety .
3 I sat and cried as I thought of the danger to Elizabeth .
4 A woman in a provincial restaurant ate a steak and complained that it tasted of cardboard .
5 That is why Paul was so angry and distressed when he heard of the divisions in the Christian church at Corinth .
6 She saw by his face that he had not , and grimaced as she thought of the gruesome tasks she was obliged to perform , degrading both for herself and for her far from easy patient .
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