Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the centre of the piece was a carving of a shoemaker resisting four shaggy devils who were dragging him from the embraces of what at first Athelstan thought was a young lady but , on looking closer , -realised that with his tail and close-cropped hair , it was a depiction of a male prostitute . |
| 2 | He turned towards Sylvia Toye , who was watching him with a smile on her face . |
| 3 | In 1901 he was elected to a fellowship at Caius ; among his colleagues there was ( Sir ) Ronald Fisher [ q.v. ] , who was to succeed him in the chair of genetics . |
| 4 | ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’ |
| 5 | And again he looked around , this time for the devil who was tempting him with the prospect he most profoundly desired . |