Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless . |
| 2 | I told her of the big green seas , all crinkled and slow , heaving up astern as the icy wind scoured their tops into freezing spume . |
| 3 | I told her of the storms I had known as a child in America , of the sea lifting the paving stones in Penzance , of the ice storms in New England where each twig , each leaf is coated in ice , and of how , when the sun shines , it is as though the world were crystallised , as though nature were encapsulated in a diamond . |
| 4 | I told her of the dead snake that you and she had found once , and which had been your special secret . |
| 5 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm very shocked and disappointed for Ricky , ’ said Stewart when I told him of the retirement news . |
| 7 | I had an abortion , without telling anyone ; the father left me when I told him of the pregnancy . |
| 8 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 9 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 10 | I told him of the change in men like Alec Smith , Elliott Gabellah and Arthur Kanodereka . |
| 11 | Here , in sequence , are quotations from Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis : Do you remember Janet ? , when I saw you last I told you of a plan I had made , regarding the boy who father is taking up , and who writes Nature sketches . |
| 12 | I learnt something of the joys , frustrations and bitterness of their lives . |
| 13 | Last year you will remember I caused something of a sensation by announcing that this boat would cost £1m to build , this year it is the boat herself which is causing the sensation . ’ |
| 14 | I hope none of the candidates mind , ’ said teacher Dot Long , who in her role as a Darlington councillor has probably encountered many different forms of political intrigue . |
| 15 | I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome . |
| 16 | Now , have I told you of the Lady Maude 's preparations for Christmas ? ’ |
| 17 | I was quite surprised at his reaction when I informed him of the death of ‘ Egg and chips twice ’ . |
| 18 | You know , when I think about the fashion world of the Fifties , I have the feeling I remember something of the planet Mars . ’ |
| 19 | Did I see anything of the riots ? |
| 20 | In view of the circumstances of his team 's downfall , perhaps the most ironic touch about the final was that Chapman had said in the Sunday Express a week before the game : ‘ I know nothing of the art of clairvoyance , but I should feel happier if someone would foretell me the vital incident which is almost sure to decide the match . |
| 21 | I know nothing of the circumstances of his illness , but he was dying angrily and his procrastinations could be sufficiently explained by a need to hold on to life , to defer events into the future . |
| 22 | I know nothing of the movement , I have no guilty secrets to reveal . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I know nothing of the Resistance , Obersturmfuhrer . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 25 | I remember nothing of the days before I left Jean-Claude . |
| 26 | I tell them of a babysitting job I had when I was 12 . |
| 27 | ‘ I read about it at the time , but I heard none of the details . |
| 28 | Sir , this is the last day as I understand it of the greenbelt enquiry . |
| 29 | Just tell them about this product , what it can do , and I assure you of the results . |
| 30 | I felt something of the same awe and excitement I had experienced four years before when tramping round and round Warwick Gardens with Chesterton , debating the execution of Charles I. Here was someone who ought to have been a member of the Society that G. K. C. had dominated at St. Paul 's from 1891 to 1893 . |