Example sentences of "of [noun sg] he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course he knew what those reasons were but he had never faced them . |
| 2 | During times of recession he did everything possible to avoid making men redundant , preferring that all should work short time . |
| 3 | For Euripides , understanding generated all enjoyment and creation , but at the heart of tragedy he saw something inexplicable and altogether " incommensurable " with the workings of reason . |
| 4 | Of Merovech he records nothing other than his supposed descent from Chlodio and that he was the father of Childeric . |
| 5 | He read through his first paragraph — after years of novel-writing he found it easier to put it all in the third person . |
| 6 | By the last vestiges of twilight he consulted his waterlogged watch . |
| 7 | Through the long slow hours of darkness he saw her lovely face and forgot that she did not love him . |
| 8 | By accepting the role of victim he glorified his own suffering and was brought close to Christ . |
| 9 | Out of curiosity he pushed it open . |