Example sentences of "[prep] him [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been too aware of him since their first meeting and he knew it . |
| 2 | The chin was as much part of him as his keen eyes , and her face softened at the thought . |
| 3 | Got on better with him than my own parents , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 4 | He had felt sorry for him when his own bull died and he was afraid it would be tempting fate to throw up this opportunity to redress the balance in their fortunes . |
| 5 | It was as if he had never raised the possibility that she might become so much more to him than his personal assistant . |
| 6 | Ruth clung to him as her wide eyes drank in the nightmare splendour of the illuminated stalagmites and stalactites . |
| 7 | Most of the anti-Baldwin rebels looked to him as their natural leader , and he was unanxious to alienate their support , which , wherever lie showed signs of excessive caution or loyalty , began to move towards substitutes . |
| 8 | Apart from prisons , Howard 's abiding interest was in the prevention and treatment of contagious diseases and his later visits to hospitals and lazarettos ( port-side institutions where suspect goods and personnel could be quarantined ) were just as important to him as his continuing battle against gaol fever . |
| 9 | Six years ago , her own bewildering awareness of him , the way it had made her feel threatened , must have been obvious to him when his simple presence , a glance in her direction , the sound of his voice , had been enough to unnerve her ; but these days she answered back — and for some reason he was hell-bent on punishing her for what he believed her to be , humiliating her with constant reminders of his contempt . |
| 10 | IT would n't happen on this newspaper , of course , but in Washington a reporter got fed up with his editor having a go at him because his first sentences were too long . |