Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] him and the " in BNC.

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1 Even so , by the time he finally put down his wooden weapon and rebuckled his sword belt , his recently healed collarbone was shouting at him and the older injuries over his body joined in .
2 A bus was passing between him and the parked vehicle , and he hesitated …
3 Mr Bond was deemed to be insolvent at the time the bankruptcy judgment was entered against him and the bankruptcy notice was served — ‘ about three weeks ago ’ — but Mr Bond may have been insolvent before that time .
4 John ran up with his father 's riding whip , and the door was slammed on him and the rest .
5 She manoeuvred herself so she was crouched between him and the rocks , and taking his long hard knob by the root she began waving it under her nose like a conductor 's baton .
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