Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] him [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control .
2 She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her .
3 ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’
4 Eden wrote : ‘ After three months without a comment from the Prime Minister ’ ( he had not seen him during this period , which included the ‘ internationalization ’ of the Spanish Civil War ) , ‘ I found this an astonishing doctrine , ’
5 Ramsay had not seen him since that day at Musselburgh when the good Regent Moray died and Seton had been sent off to Fife to try to hamper Balliol 's landing at Kinghorn , a gallant but unsuccessful endeavour in which Seton had been wounded .
6 I have not seen him since this morning . ’
7 I usually bump into him every so often on the stairs , in one of the upstairs rooms or in the garden , but I have not seen him in some time .
8 Mitch looked stunned and she felt an incredible burst of guilt that she had not told him about this girl 's problem .
9 She saw that he had changed colour , and , always affected by other people 's feelings , she now experienced some of his embarrassment and wished she had not put him in this position .
10 Had you ever met him before this weekend ? ’
11 The Tryons , in return , have frequently joined him for some fishing at Balmoral .
12 She had n't coerced him in any way .
13 ‘ I have n't seen him for some time . ’
14 I have n't seen him since this morning . ’
15 He has n't , they have n't paid him for this car yet
16 She had never seen him in this mood before , but the expression on his face was familiar .
17 ‘ Do you know , ’ she said , ‘ I have never seen him in this room .
18 Patrick stripped off and changed quickly , trying to ignore Joseph Hyde 's too intense stare ; he had long suspected his friend 's preferences for young men — although to be perfectly fair , he had never seen him in any company other than those who supported the Irish movement .
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