Example sentences of "him [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We remember him most as the best diver ever to grace the Gorbals swimming pond . |
| 2 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 3 | Unlike the previous soft glow , this new light had a sharpness about it , and it beckoned him upward like the guiding beam of a lighthouse in a dark stormy sea . |
| 4 | I sent him right in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | Three months in America in 1914 , raising funds for St Enda 's and mixing with hard-line Irish-Americans , set him single-mindedly on a revolutionary course . |
| 6 | The Socialist Minister has not missed an opportunity to remind those who regard him only as a tireless champion of culture that he is a qualified professor of international law . |
| 7 | Those who knew him only as a fellow undergraduate would have been still more surprised by his degree result had they known the extent of his other activities . |
| 8 | He was a hero to the people who saw him only as a little waif , when actually he was a pudding of hatred . ’ |
| 9 | Loosening his shoulders inside his jacket , and smiling his thin triumphant smile , Harry turned to appraise the bloke 's tart , who was now separated from him only by an empty seat . |
| 10 | He had seen him only in the dense fog . |
| 11 | But it would be a mistake to think of him merely as an errant traitor . |
| 12 | He carried him easily , placing him gently on the front seat of his car . |
| 13 | I was with him constantly for a whole year and in that time I never saw him with anyone , man or woman . |
| 14 | The Bible becomes his bastion against moral powerlessness , too , by reminding him constantly of the divine power that is available to overcome his weakness ( for " God is at work in you , both to will and to work for his good pleasure " ) . |
| 15 | There had been a period when he allowed Barbara Castle , Dick Crossman and George Wigg , all of whom suffered from the belief that politics was a conspiracy , to influence him too much , but in later years he had broken free from them and I suddenly realised how much I had got used to him being there to shoulder the final responsibility , to feeling able to turn to him naturally for a second opinion and for well-informed advice . |
| 16 | She fixed him suddenly with a beady stare from beneath the crêpy lids . |
| 17 | The Labour party was changing too : Aneurin Bevan died at the age of 62 in July 1960 , and with him much of the reforming passion which had created the Welfare State . |
| 18 | Julie struck again , this time catching him just above the right eye , tearing the flesh . |
| 19 | But Fidway 's Cheltenham supporters can also claim a little bad luck — the winner Royal Gait bumped him just after the final flight . |
| 20 | ‘ I know what a hotel is , ’ she snapped , pulling him outside into the fresh air , ‘ but — ’ |
| 21 | She was breathless when she did catch up with him outside on the front doorstep . |
| 22 | Next day I took him outside for a long walk in the fresh air . |
| 23 | They received him readily , and haled him away across the moist grass just touched in the hollows with rime . |
| 24 | Then , not even glancing at the room beyond , or at a woman who had come out on to the stairs , she led him away to a small room of perfect luxury at the back of the house , which was clearly her own . |
| 25 | Michael took the case from him and led him away to the hired car . |
| 26 | Originally , Geoff Huffer , Ile De Nisky 's trainer , felt his colt was immature and was going to give him just one more run before putting him away for an ambitious campaign next year . |
| 27 | His sports and hobbies frequently took him away for the best part of the weekend ; work also ate into parts of Saturday and Sunday . |
| 28 | Interest to see how he plays David Lawrence when he gets his he 'll be , he can just slash him away on the off side . |
| 29 | He then spent three days at Fort King being questioned by people from the DIA , the FBI , the CIA and the DEA , and after that a bunch of US Marshals took him away into the Federal Witness Protection program . |
| 30 | And Coleby was as hampered now as he had been in Emor by his lack of imagination : get him away from a straightforward discussion of bricks , mortar and money , and the man was lost ; give him a load of crap about the artistic temperament , and his sense of smell deserted him . |