Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Doyle 's attention was drawn by a youth , wearing suit and bow-tie , who called to him from an empty table . |
| 32 | She was afraid that he would wake Peter if she talked to him in the hall . |
| 33 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 34 | He did so partly in order that those who looked to him for a lead would have no doubts about where he stood . |
| 35 | The Princess was powerless ; when he beckoned to her , she went to him like a lamb . ’ |
| 36 | She did not reply to his cards , and when she spoke to him on the telephone he said she always declined his invitations firmly . |
| 37 | From the warmth in her voice , she spoke to him on the comm , I began to suspect that she and Chertro might have been more than friends at one time . |
| 38 | ‘ Of course , it all rather depends , ’ she put to him in a wry tone , ‘ on the outcome of our visit to the police station . |
| 39 | But the Emperor remained steadfast in his determination to avenge the murder of his brother , urged , as he told his council of advisors , by his father , the great Constantine , who appeared to him in a dream . |
| 40 | ‘ I think you wrote to him on the day that he died . |
| 41 | And we talked to him about the Intercity erm presentation requirements , and sent him away to think about it . |
| 42 | He had the last word , and everyone looked to him as the brains behind Huddersfield 's phenomenal success . |
| 43 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 44 | People who were questioned as to why they listened to him during the war very often said they found him ‘ good for a laugh ’ . |
| 45 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 46 | It occurred to him as a possibility , for instance , that , prior to being ‘ kept alive ’ for ten days , Dobson might first have been murdered . |
| 47 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 48 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 49 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
| 50 | It came to him in a flash . |
| 51 | It came to him in a flash . |
| 52 | It came to him in the small hours . |
| 53 | Every time he heard the sacred name pronounced by this strange voice , Henri thrilled with joy ; it seemed to him like a voice from beyond the grave , something mysterious and superhuman . |
| 54 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |
| 55 | ‘ Do you know what happened to him during the reign of the Great Criminal ? ’ |
| 56 | If anything happened to him during the mission , Coleman was worried there might be a problem in claiming on life insurance policies taken out in his real name . |