Example sentences of "of he [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went ahead of him up the narrow stairs , which twisted round . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | The last thing we want is pictures of him on the back pages having a punch-up . |
| 8 | Though he knew the press would be sending a photographer to take a picture of him for the financial pages of the newspaper , he suspected that their main interest was in Hank . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There is a portrait of him in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , vol. lxxix , 1953 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She was even more aware of him in the total blackness than she had been before . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Rachel was deeply aware of him in the luxurious rear of the limousine beside her . |
| 17 | His sportsmanship and style of play is refreshing , and I hope to see a lot more of him in the near future . |
| 18 | It was hard to discern anything of him in the confused dark . |
| 19 | He 's still alive and yet I keep thinking of him in the past tense . |
| 20 | This is selfish of him in the true sense . |
| 21 | Make a careful note of him in the Listed Bonusprint Sirenia Stakes over six furlongs . |