Example sentences of "[adv] him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Er so him for Deane and
2 Not that spotty youth in the army-surplus overcoat , what 's his name , Cliff , not him for God 's sake .
3 ‘ May I point out that you 're sitting on his shoulder , not him on yours , ’ said the Thing .
4 ‘ That is not him at all , ’ Gail Rebuck says emphatically .
5 ‘ It 's not him in hospital .
6 Last time had been so traumatic ; what if he had put her off him for life ?
7 Although he should be fit I would n't rule out him of missing this game . ’
8 to back him through thick and thin , but not before I had consulted the eight or nine senior legal Members ( some of them more distinguished at the Bar than myself ) and got their promises of support .
9 Joseph 's assured income helped persuade his bank to back him in staging a three-week , all-day jazz venue at this year 's Edinburgh Festival .
10 But it is not clear whether the board will back him in the transfer market — a report out last night forecast a £1m loss at the club this year unless they enjoy a good FA Cup run .
11 Now the face was lost in flesh and a paunch hung on him like a soft bell .
12 He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up .
13 ‘ It was n't him at the time , ’ says Rigby .
14 And I shall have to look at that photograph that is n't him at all , just a soldier in uniform , sepia , like all the soldiers .
15 As a young man he had been pursued by many women ; that he secretly despised them did not lessen his attractiveness but in later years his large family and increasing years had hung about him with a weight as great as any deformity : but he would never risk exposing himself as Rose had .
16 Close comparison of BBC and ITN footage shows that the BBC film has in shot the man who was most severely beaten by the police , but that the film has been cut at precisely the point when the policeman begins to set about him with his truncheon .
17 She 'd half expected him to barge past her , just like that other time , and she 'd resolved to set about him with her fists if he tried .
18 The one good thing that had happened too him in his life had come in the form of Jane .
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