Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] he for the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 2 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 3 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
| 4 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 5 | Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years . |
| 6 | Pain relief is important in myocardial infarction , but let that not be an excuse for filling a patient with opiates and then forgetting about him for the next 2 hours as he quietly rots his myocardium in some corner of the accident and emergency department . |
| 7 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |