Example sentences of "him [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer .
2 The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty .
3 The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence .
4 The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah
5 As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself .
6 I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’
7 Yet oddly enough when Massine staged his Donald of the Burthens with the help of a Scottish expert to guide him through the traditional steps and figures it was not a success , possibly because too much reliance was placed .
8 So I mean , I will continue to harass him through the twelve months if possible , because I think
9 This last characteristic is of central importance : this , above all else , is what associates him with the earlier philhellenes and their quest for wholeness , and sets him against his own scholarly profession .
10 I grew up among the kind of communists and socialists who guided him into the working-class communities and who staff some of their struggles .
11 I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms .
12 They told him in no uncertain terms that he could not take a holiday whenever he felt like it .
13 But first I think we should phone Azadi himself and tell him in no uncertain terms that we are as unhappy about this as he is .
14 She wanted dearly to inform him in no uncertain terms that he was in no position to make personal remarks of any kind to her , but she had an uneasy suspicion that any further rebukes on that score would only somehow backfire on her .
15 Mr Brandreth met with Mr Hanley and told him in no uncertain terms that the people of Chester were far from happy with the decision to go to Glasgow .
16 I have got to try to outbowl him in the early matches because there is a good chance we may go into the Tests with only one spinner .
17 ‘ Ow long are you weeth us , Reeky ? ’ asked Claudia , who 'd had a secret crush on him in the old days and was appalled to see how grey and tense he looked .
18 I look forward to doing battle with him in the coming weeks and months .
19 He looked around him at the other producers and researchers .
20 He went inside and the kitchen scents hit him then , laying down a trail that drew him across the creaking boards and down the hall .
21 Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth .
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