Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Slightly confusingly named Utsly-Gtsly , this model is one of many Nakamura creations made up from sketches given to him by flat-proud clients with 200,000 yen to spend |
2 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
3 | There are also two attractive houses designed by him at 5/466 and 7/467 . |
4 | Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident . |
5 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
6 | Sylvie gazed at him in momentary confusion . |
7 | But seven pairs of eyes fastened on him at this news , each with their separate thoughts . |
8 | When Kevin Woodford , owner and chef of Woodfords restaurant on the Isle Of Man asked viewers of ITV 's This Morning programme to write to him about any culinary problems , the letters simply flooded in . |
9 | True , Edward 's failure on the expedition of 1359–60 ( when he had not been able to capture either Reims , where kings of France were crowned , or Paris , the capital ) meant that he had to forego the important territorial concessions made to him in 1359 , including Normandy and the Angevin lands in central-western France . |
10 | The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament a draft of any code of practice prepared by him under this section . |
11 | Araminta , ’ he amended as the pale eyes turned upon him in gentle reproach , ‘ there is no need . |
12 | Taxi driver Peter Simpson said that two cars raced past him at high speed . |
13 | Words flowed from him in effervescent abundance , ranging from lengthy essays , autobiographical fragments and provocative tirades to witty or angry letters to magazines or newspapers . |
14 | Balor had let out a screech of purest agony , but the Elms bent over him with serious , heavy-featured faces and sawed partly through each of the pinioned limbs . |
15 | Part of his speed-of-reflex training as a kung-fu master had been to evade , or divert with forearm blocks , spears flung at him by other trainees in the martial arts school . |
16 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
17 | She waited confidently for his smile , his look of wondering gratitude , his stumbling words of thanks , her eyes fixed upon him in happy expectation . |
18 | Even a few weeks would do for him , thought Hotspur , and caught the girl 's eyes fixed upon him in silent desperation and appeal ; though indeed it was so imperious as to be more of a demand . |
19 | Passers-by looked at him in some curiosity , seeing the tears course down his cheeks ; and still he walked on and on . |
20 | Hari looked at him with raised eyebrows . |
21 | Zelah looked at him in amused astonishment . |
22 | Sylvie looked at him in some perplexity . |
23 | Perhaps the Prime Minister , in the few months left to him in that position , will think about visiting the Council of Europe Assembly so that we can determine whether the British Government actually envisage a role for the Council of Europe . |
24 | The events of the past week raced past his mind 's eye in a matter of seconds , the mental images flickering before him in rapid succession like a movie trailer . |
25 | Wandering aimlessly down one of the grim , draughty passageways of the castle , with Ranulf trailing behind him like some morose dog , Corbett almost bumped into Benstede and his strange body-servant , Aaron . |
26 | Although there is no example in the cases , it seems possible for an employer to appropriate the goodwill which an employee brings with him by express provision . |
27 | The design for Isvik was influenced to quite a marked degree by the Peterhead-type sailing vessels of the Mounties , also by a sketch made for him by that extraordinary Antarctic single-hander , David Lewis . |
28 | A log jam at Barashevo , as if this forgotten end of the world was a metropolis of movement and then he looked again at the huddle of prisoners separated from him by two lines of uniformed guards . |
29 | His whole life 's work twisted against him in one poisonous little rumour . |
30 | ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |