Example sentences of "of he [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How curious that she could now think of him without the tiniest pang ; it was as if the shadow of Max had been totally eclipsed by the substance of Luke — with all its ramifications . |
| 2 | He openly talked of him as the probable successor to the see of Canterbury . |
| 3 | ‘ I think of him as the big brother I never had . ’ |
| 4 | Thank god he s having more shots now too — that s been my only criticism of him over the last year , now he s looking to shoot more , and scoring ! |
| 5 | And , as he finished pouring their brandies , she walked ahead of him through the open doorway and stood for a moment before the huge window , listening to the music , gazing out to sea , aware of a sense of peace and deep contentment . |
| 6 | I looked through the window and there was no sign of him through the little back window , looked through this one , there was still sign so I thought God ! |
| 7 | With the bit of paper in one hand and the keys in the other , he held his arms straight out in front of him at the same height . |
| 8 | ‘ And there … ’ she stood up and walked round the table , placing the browning photograph firmly in front of him on the bright red and white of the American-cloth table cover , ‘ there 's … ’ she pointed to a figure dimly glimpsed beside a pillar in the background . |
| 9 | Faldo had to wait until the ‘ 89 Masters before he could catch up with Lyle and maybe the picture of him on the 11th green , the second hole of a sudden-death play-off with Scott Hoch , encapsulates Europe 's men in the majors in the Eighties . |
| 10 | Conscious of a ripping sound , she heard her zip go , then her taffeta skirt was rustling to the floor and he was pulling her down among its glossy folds , his lips marauding over hers so that it was the way it was in the unrequited dreams of the empty nights when everything came down to the touch of him like the still centre of the entire world . |
| 11 | There is a portrait of him in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , vol. lxxix , 1953 . |
| 12 | But it was vigorous criticism of him in the 1922 Committee by Tory back-benchers which convinced Brittan — and Mrs Thatcher — that he no longer enjoyed the confidence of the party in Parliament . |
| 13 | His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington . |
| 14 | His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington . |
| 15 | She was even more aware of him in the total blackness than she had been before . |
| 16 | Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place . |
| 17 | Very silly of him in the first place ! |
| 18 | She had forgotten that her papa was supposed to be dead , and had spoken of him in the present tense , a fact not wasted on Dr Neil , who made no comment , but asked politely , ‘ And does all this stockmarket bargaining mean that you are going to make me a cup of tea , or not ? |
| 19 | Once Maggie caught a glimpse of him in the shaving mirror , trouserless but with his shirt and socks on and in spite of her fear she was tempted to laugh . |
| 20 | One of the most illuminating insights into the character of Frederick Barbarossa comes from the descriptions of him in the Fourth Book of Bishop Otto von Freising and from Rahewin , his twelfth-century biographer . |
| 21 | Rachel was deeply aware of him in the luxurious rear of the limousine beside her . |
| 22 | Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room . |
| 23 | On the other hand , what Alcuin has to say must be set beside the respect accorded Aelfwald 's memory at Hexham where the king was buried ( ASC D , s.a. 788 ) , which shows that the community at Hexham thought highly of him in the twelfth century and probably earlier . |
| 24 | His sportsmanship and style of play is refreshing , and I hope to see a lot more of him in the near future . |
| 25 | It was hard to discern anything of him in the confused dark . |
| 26 | He 's still alive and yet I keep thinking of him in the past tense . |
| 27 | This is selfish of him in the true sense . |