Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] he in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No-one could label him ‘ collaborator ’ , and a wide spectrum of the population began to look to him in the chaotic aftermath of the Japanese defeat . |
| 32 | A lot of humans had been in to look at him in the last few minutes . |
| 33 | ‘ Steady on there , ’ her companion said and as she looked round to smile at him in the fragmented night-sun that was the wheel she saw Gabriel working at the barbecue . |
| 34 | It is a wonderful experience to sit with him in the quiet peacefulness of his home , the table cleared ( in addition to having had the house duly cleaned by his ‘ daily ’ ) to make room for the Sabbath candles , its bread and wine . |
| 35 | Forlani , 66 , had on May 17 withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency after up to 60 members of parties participating in the former ruling coalition , including many DC deputies , had failed to vote for him in the fifth , sixth and seventh rounds . |
| 36 | Tina walked towards him in the rain-washed playground while Jack looked warily round for her brother . |
| 37 | She felt again the fear she had known when she walked into him in the dark passage . |
| 38 | What on earth has it got to do with him in the first place ? |
| 39 | I notice I refer to him in the past tense . |
| 40 | She had forgotten that her papa was supposed to be dead , and had spoken of him in the present tense , a fact not wasted on Dr Neil , who made no comment , but asked politely , ‘ And does all this stockmarket bargaining mean that you are going to make me a cup of tea , or not ? |
| 41 | She said that because he was a volunteer she felt she could not call on him in the same way as with a paid worker . |
| 42 | In 1875 a memorial was erected to him in the British Cemetery . |
| 43 | When Stephen returned the following day , the news was broken to him in the stable block by the groom who took his horse . |
| 44 | He accepted it when it was explained to him in the right way . |
| 45 | You looked for him in the Green Room , but found only his jacket . |
| 46 | Basha looked after him in the small village . |
| 47 | Hurtling towards him in the swirling fog was a huge lorry powerless to stop on the icy carriageway . |
| 48 | It will not do to paint Themistokles as Kimon 's opponent on the issue of foreign policy principles — that is , as a medising Sparta-hater — and thereby to seek to explain his ostracism in 471 : it is now certain that very many ostraka were cast against him in the early 480s when his patriotism was not in question . |
| 49 | His illness would stand to him in the other place too . |
| 50 | Morse looked around him in the front living room , slightly puzzled to find the carpet , the decoration , the furniture , all that little bit on the shabby side , with only the curtains looking bright and new , and ( in Morse 's opinion ) classy and tasteful . |
| 51 | His regiment 's chaplain spoke of him in the warmest terms as a man of the highest principles . |
| 52 | Following him out of the office and down into the street , sitting beside him in the cab which took them to Covent Garden , sitting opposite him in the warm restaurant full of good smells , candlelight , fresh flowers , her predominant feeling was one of surprise . |
| 53 | This sort of nonsense could have been fairly innocuous had it not been for the fact that under Napoleon I , the frequent employment of courtiers in great and influential offices of state had led to a gradual isolation of the Emperor , which in turn gave too much power to those close to the throne , many of whom , it should be noted , actively worked against him in the last years of the reign . |
| 54 | Mrs Brown has been lobbying her MP the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd for help , even to the extent of standing against him in the recent general election . |
| 55 | But sitting behind him in the public gallery , some of the Nock family started to cry . |
| 56 | To read some of the ad hominem propagandizing directed against him in the post-war years , one might imagine Karajan was a great player in this awesome drama . |
| 57 | Duke Michael could have friends to stay with him in the new castle , but he could go into the old castle when he wanted to be alone . |
| 58 | Both firms were associated with him in the pioneering venture of issuing cheap reprint series of his works : the Cheap , Library , People 's , and Charles Dickens Editions . |
| 59 | Her face is shaded from him in the failing light . |
| 60 | He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had . |