Example sentences of "of whom [pers pn] know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they were not told the embarrassing source of these words — and perhaps even if they were — most Asians would give a vigorous nod of approval to the sentiments expressed by Neville Chamberlain when Germany annexed the Sudetenland in 1938 : ‘ How horrible , fantastic , incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing . ’ |
| 2 | As revolution followed revolution , I recalled Neville Chamberlain 's infamous remark in the days after he sanctioned Hitler 's partition of Czechoslovakia : ‘ A distant people of whom we know nothing . ’ |
| 3 | Of the seventeen pieces in this collection , which survives complete only in the second edition of 1533 , no fewer than eight — only seven in the 1533 version — are by Philippe Verdelot ( d. c. 1540 ) , a Frenchman who lived in Italy from a very early age , two ( three in the second edition ) are by an Italian , Costanzo Festa ( C. 1495–1545 ) , one is by another Festa , Sebastiano , of whom we know nothing , one by a mysterious ‘ Maistre Jan ’ or Ihan who has only recently been identified as ‘ a French-born musician active at the court of Ferrara from 1512 to about 1543 ’ , and the remainder by still more shadowy characters . |
| 4 | She married a man named Howie , of whom I know nothing except that he was rich ; there are several children , and then after his death she married Dr Heatherton , who was a widower with children also . |
| 5 | She thinks of her father , whom she has never known , of whom she knows nothing , almost nothing , but whose image , it is alleged , is in that locket : an image which also hangs in an identical locket at this moment around her sister 's neck . |