Example sentences of "[prep] him for [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ WHIT 'S yer name hen ? ’ the drunk and dishevelled man on the train asked the woman opposite him for the fourth time in a very loud voice . |
2 | The familiar house , the carpeted hall , were before him for the last time . |
3 | She could n't face seeing that realisation in his eyes , for the sake of her own sanity had to get away — had to flee from him for a second time . |
4 | Then it would be her lunchtime , and probably another feed , and after that they 'd send her for her afternoon rest , and then collect the specimens and the data from him for the next day 's test session . |
5 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
6 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
7 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
8 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
9 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
10 | Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time . |
11 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
12 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
13 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ she answered , smiling freely at him for the first time that evening . |
14 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
15 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
16 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
17 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |