Example sentences of "[noun] in him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , that was his father 's one big disappointment in him . ’ |
| 2 | Overwhelmed by the force in him , trembling with the intensity of her own response , Isabel parted her lips , whimpering in feminine submission and an equally feminine fear of the total surrender he was wrenching from her . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't see any good in him because there 's not a great deal of good to see . ’ |
| 4 | Smashing Pumpkins make good noise , even if , as Billy says , he does n't mind antagonising people live but would love to make pretty records : you know it 's the punk in him speaking . |
| 5 | And he got out of there fast , before she could see it , some masculine fear in him that if she knew how he felt she would use his vulnerability against him . |
| 6 | There was no tension in him : when he was tense there was a rigidity in his neck muscles , a rigidity I 'd watched from the depths of the crowd during the brief day of his trial and seen a few times since , as at Nottingham . |
| 7 | It was a question so typically feminine that somehow it released part of the tension in him . |
| 8 | When she stepped from the car he had greeted her with careful formality and his manner had remained stiff and impersonal as they began the ride ; but she sensed a tension in him too and knew intuitively that it was not a lack of interest that kept his gaze averted from her . |
| 9 | Though his tone was abrupt , Polly sensed a lessening of tension in him at the change of subject . |
| 10 | The sudden tension in him wrenched her heart . |
| 11 | I could see the nervous tension in him . |
| 12 | When he took her hands she felt the tension in him ; he was shaking . |
| 13 | Luke came into the hall , his hands pushed into the pockets of his trousers , his bow tie hanging loose around his neck , seemingly relaxed , but she could sense the leashed tension in him and forced a shaky smile , wanting to avoid a confrontation just yet . |
| 14 | He did n't move , yet she could sense the tension in him , feel the burning power of his gaze . |
| 15 | He did n't say a word , but the tension in him was almost tangible . |
| 16 | ‘ There was n't a ha'porth of prejudice in him — except that the Welsh were marvellous and especially the Welsh-speaking Welsh and most particularly those from Pontrhydyfen and most of all the Jenkins family . |
| 17 | Chaste , but so close that if one of them is sad the laughter of the other immediately fills the void in him ’ ( p. 330 ) . |
| 18 | Even trying to shield herself from him , she could feel that void in him that he wanted her to fill . |
| 19 | It is the witches prophecy to Macbeth that he will be Thane of Cawdor and then king ( Act 1 Scene 3 ) that show to the reader that Macbeth has got ambition in him , as shown by his demand of them to speak more before they vanish . |
| 20 | Charlton is convinced Old Trafford is the stage to harness Cantona 's talents and tame the gypsy in him . |
| 21 | Yet when Carr realised that everything was not going quite his way , he came out and declared that ‘ the GAA had made an enemy in him . ’ |
| 22 | The violence in him was suddenly frightening , yet it touched her inside , caught her up in a tangle of emotions too powerful to analyse . |
| 23 | But Housman did in fact say something about " Diffugere nives " — had said it , when the poet in him pre-empted the professor : he translated it into English verse , and in doing so produced a text that in its beauties or its blunders ( as perceived by diverse readers ) strikingly exemplifies a phenomenon , not exactly translation and not purely creative invention , called by our literary ancestors " Englishing " . |
| 24 | ‘ So much blood in him ’ , PFI 10 . |
| 25 | He was dark-skinned , as if there might be Mediterranean blood in him . |
| 26 | There was tinker blood in him , so her father said . |
| 27 | He was of an age and class that still swilled the dregs of colonialism at two in the morning , and the fact this man had black blood in him ( and , he guessed , much else besides ) counted as another mark against Chant 's judgement . |
| 28 | So , he was talking about Ireland , really raving about it and his name 's Kennedy and he 's from Liverpool and he likes to think he 's got Irish blood in him , he 's been there twice this year and |
| 29 | ‘ There 's no harm in him , ’ Jess said . |
| 30 | No harm in him , he was just a bit of an eejit . |