Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know how fond you are of your uncle , but even you must see what would happen if he was left holding the reins . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm very sorry about your cat , about Melusina , I know how fond you were of her , but giving you compensation is out of the question . |
| 3 | You do n't realize how fond she is of you . |
| 4 | I remember thinking how typical it was of her that she never thought of being wooed . |
| 5 | By 19 November he had the whole amount , 30 francs , from Theo , and was writing to say how kind and humane it was of him to let him have the ticket money . |
| 6 | ‘ How sure you are of everything . |
| 7 | How sure he was of himself , she thought bitterly . |
| 8 | Then you will also know how stupid it was of you to attempt to deceive us . ’ |
| 9 | He smiled slowly , then drawled , ‘ You ca n't imagine how jealous I was of him . |
| 10 | She had always told him how proud she was of him , that he should work so hard to support his son in a far-off country and how one day she would tell Oreste it was due to his father 's efforts that he had been so well looked after . |
| 11 | The whole kaleidoscope is there in the memory : how proud we were of our daughter Sara 's acting ability , at junior school , at senior and at college ; and of our younger , very shy son , who managed a one-line walk-on part the last year in junior school , but wrote , acted in , sang in and played for a satirical revue at University . |
| 12 | On the wall , the new star mounted a photograph of Gene Kelly , who came to see him and told him how proud he was of his performance , and painted on the door were the words ‘ Ginger Crawford ’ . |
| 13 | I failed to see how tolerant he was of me , with my callow questioning of everything : I flinched under the coldness of his eye , yet did not perceive his isolation . |
| 14 | That reminds me , ’ she added , ‘ I wanted to say how kind it is of you and your mother to arrange this Easter holiday for us . ’ |
| 15 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 16 | ‘ Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother has asked me to tell you how appreciative she is of your splendid BBC TV programme last Friday evening … knows what trouble you went to in the very limited time at your disposal … your wonderfully successful endeavour clear for all to see ’ , etc. , etc . |
| 17 | But I wonder how aware you are of your breathing pattern the rest of the time . |
| 18 | And the more scared you are of her , the more perfect she becomes . |
| 19 | ‘ Righty ho , ’ I replied , for it never does to show these people how frightened you are of them , ‘ do come in . ’ |
| 20 | But he held all the keys to the boxes she wanted to unlock , and , however suspicious , however wary she was of him , she had to persuade him to help her . |