Example sentences of "on him [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time .
3 Claudine had probably dropped that on him at the last minute .
4 Elinor dreamily remembered what it was like to feel that your lover possessed all the wonderful qualities you wanted , before you realized that he did n't possess them , and that perhaps you had forced those qualities on him in the first place .
5 That was why Aunt Alicia took pity on him in the first place , Jenny had said , because he had nowhere to put his horses .
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