Example sentences of "he [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron looked steadily at him for a while until Stewart turned his head with a little toss and swallowed down his wine . |
| 2 | He had been pestering him for a while for stories about the grandparents he had never known . |
| 3 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 4 | This was not an opinion , simply the Catholic moral teaching , he said at the funeral of Henry Babbington , shot dead on Wednesday by IRA men who mistook him for a loyalist terrorist . |
| 5 | They were amused by him for a while but he did n't keep his place . |
| 6 | It was very much a revenge match for White — Spijkers had beaten him for a bronze in the Seoul Olympics , though then White was injured . |
| 7 | A Panel statement criticised him for a breach of General Principle 3 of the Takeover Code , which requires that a bidder should ‘ only announce an offer after the most careful and responsible consideration . ’ |
| 8 | Hamnett became irate and , alleging breach of contract and damage to her image , threatened to sue him for a £500,000 . |
| 9 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 10 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 11 | Not till later was it diagnosed that the mental breakdown which destroyed Hoskyns crept upon him for a year or more before he died . |
| 12 | I told him I had learnt how to fight against him for a start . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 14 | I hang round by him , watching him for a bit . |
| 15 | I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit . |
| 16 | They kept in touch and then , last March , Jakki took up Jim 's invitation to visit him for a week 's holiday . |
| 17 | Vincente caddied for him for a while but it was an awkward role for a big brother . |
| 18 | Mr Hurd needs no minders , but the 60 Tory MPs who declined to support Mrs Thatcher for leader last week , plus MEPs , this week 's Lords report and many industrialists will be looking to him for a more emollient performance in difficult circumstances . |
| 19 | Mr Hurd needs no minders , but the 60 Tory MPs who declined to support Mrs Thatcher for leader last week , plus MEPs , this week 's Lords report and many industrialists will be looking to him for a more emollient performance in difficult circumstances . |
| 20 | Allott supported him for a while , and at 278 for 7 , with Lamb on 98 , there seemed a chance that the follow-on might be saved . |
| 21 | ‘ I went out with him for a year and a half , ’ she replies . |
| 22 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |
| 23 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 24 | She continued watching him for a moment , then stepped out into full view . |
| 25 | She said summat about taking him for a picnic . |
| 26 | Charity gazed at him for a second or two . |
| 27 | The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed . |
| 28 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 29 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 30 | On the latter 's arrival , they had talked to him for a while and then he had gone off with them . |