Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] he the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he ordered to be brought to him the finest silk cloth and brilliant threads , and made for pleasure what he had once needed to make for harsh necessity . |
| 2 | The incident leading to the court case had been sparked by a beer bottle being thrown at him the previous night . |
| 3 | Her heart had been lost to him the first moment she had set eyes on him . |
| 4 | A NEW company has been set up to exploit an automatic bicycle transmission system , which is claimed to he the biggest breakthrough in bicycle gears since Derailleur invented his system in the 1920s ( New Scientist , 6 January , p 23 ) . |
| 5 | 34.1 ; see also 32.49 ) , and with God 's supernatural eyesight is shown by him the whole extent of the Promised Land from Dan in the north to Zoar in the south , and right across to the Mediterranean sea in the west . |