Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It clung around him as a second , intimate skin . |
| 2 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 3 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 4 | It occurred to him as a possibility , for instance , that , prior to being ‘ kept alive ’ for ten days , Dobson might first have been murdered . |
| 5 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 6 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 7 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
| 8 | It came to him in a flash . |
| 9 | It came to him in a flash . |
| 10 | It came to him in the small hours . |
| 11 | Every time he heard the sacred name pronounced by this strange voice , Henri thrilled with joy ; it seemed to him like a voice from beyond the grave , something mysterious and superhuman . |
| 12 | He was reading my data as it fed through him into the outlet . |
| 13 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |