Example sentences of "[det] i [vb base] of " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What little I know of Lavondyss has left me in no doubt of one thing : it is a place of snow , of ice , of winter , of an age past when the land was frozen .
2 " I was thinking how little I know of you , and wondering how and why you turned up here in the first place . "
3 One of the strangest things is how little I think of Sophie and Ben .
4 ‘ About a dozen that I know of , ’ Josie said , ‘ and I think I know them all . ’
5 ‘ What 's this I hear of you ? ’ said Isambard in the formidably courteous voice in which he habitually gave his orders .
6 All I know of Callanish is the little my parents told me , ’ said Creggan .
7 ‘ By all I know of Jerome , ’ said Hugh , ‘ that is how I read it . ’
8 Another part of me is racist , probably because I 've hardly met any colored people and all I know of them is what I read in papers and see on television , where black people are usually talked of in terms of numbers and presumed guilty until proved innocent .
9 That 's all I remember of her , the smell , the sound , the trace-element of spite .
10 I was too far away to observe what colour Enid Starkie 's eyes were ; all I remember of her is that she dressed like a matelot , walked like a scrum-half , and had an atrocious French accent .
11 The ugliness and poverty of the place is all I remember of it , and Ward saying , ‘ Ah 'll drive as far as Chimbote , then ye take over . ’
12 That 's all I remember of him .
13 All I ask of you at present is to act the part of a true friend , by preparing my poor father very gently for this sad news …
14 All I ask of you is to make one phone call to firm up a social event , and you ca n't even get that together ! ’
15 All I ask of you is — be good to each other .
16 All I ask of you in this , as in any other area , is that you keep an open mind .
17 Think about it for a few days , that 's all I ask of you .
18 ‘ My friends , ’ he said , ‘ all I ask of you is a little patience .
19 All I ask of you is that you please let me go . ’
20 ‘ It is very nearly all I think of the hope in it , the glory to come … if I live to see it . ’
21 It 's all I think of .
22 All I think of when I see that picture is that it has the supreme mastery I have spent all my life trying to attain .
23 I do n't care if you go , all I think of you you get out .
24 As in the entry : ‘ Tonight , this night of March 25 , with the Andante of Schubert 's A Major Sonata stealing out into the night , I swear all I have of passion , all I have of love , I will pour into a message of faith as I carve . ’
25 As in the entry : ‘ Tonight , this night of March 25 , with the Andante of Schubert 's A Major Sonata stealing out into the night , I swear all I have of passion , all I have of love , I will pour into a message of faith as I carve . ’
26 ‘ They were Father 's , and they 're all I have of his .
27 That 's all I want of him .
28 Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience .
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