Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] he [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter quality was to remain with him throughout his career , for whatever else his faults may have been , no one ever slighted James 's desire to win : to win at anything and everything , from backgammon through girls to any sport he ever played . |
| 2 | Then we got back together again and I was living with him at his mum 's house . |
| 3 | Gerrard was looking at him with his eyebrows slightly raised . |
| 4 | His eyes had a wildness about them , as though he might attack the boy , who was looking at him with his mouth open . |
| 5 | Young Donald was grinning at him with his new look of mockery . |
| 6 | It had been taken by a pilot who was shocked out of his atheism and into the Church by what was revealed to him in his darkroom . |
| 7 | ( Wilde was introduced to him by his mother , a librarian , who could n't possibly have anticipated the effect and , apparently , never regretted it even in the seemingly hopeless pre-Smith days of unemployment and complete lack of desire to become gainfully employed . ) |
| 8 | Well I I think its , the way that the plaintiff puts the case on that point my Lord is that even if the defendant Mr took the view er that it would not have been proper for such a notice to be served , in view of what the plaintiff was saying to him about his wish to get out of the contract , the fact that it was available to him should have been brought to his attention and then as Mr was saying that I sorry I do n't feel I can do this on your behalf because it 's not proper in the circumstances or whatever erm , should then have gone on to advise the plaintiff either to do it himself or to go and seek independent advice . |
| 9 | Despite his human limitations he managed to retrieve the underwater thorn which would give immortality , although it was stolen from him on his journey back to Uruk by a serpent . |
| 10 | Oliver Hill , its architect , was a chameleon who could perform miracles and build in whatever style was asked of him by his upper-class clients , some of whom were startlingly ‘ progressive ’ . |
| 11 | Some years later her aunt , Alveva , who had been the mistress of Rannulph Flambard [ q.v. ] before he became bishop of Durham , entertained him on his way to London , and after the feast Christina was left with him in his room , where he attempted to seduce her . |
| 12 | In 1633 legal action was taken against him by his countrymen and co-adventurers at Hatfield Chase . |
| 13 | And then the plate was passed from him to his murderer and it was passed round until it was passed to the bank manager who would n't give her the money and then back to her . |
| 14 | She greeted the proprietor in her careful Italian and was welcomed by him in his careful English . |
| 15 | We did n't say anything for a while , I was leaning beside him against his bench watching him clean off the rust . |
| 16 | Deputy McDaid had given alibi evidence at Clarke 's successful challenge to an extradition order and was photographed with him at his homecoming celebrations in Letterkenny . |