Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slapped a stone down , in the corner nearest him on the right . |
| 2 | She had been his housekeeper since he had first moved into the rectory with Adelaide , and she looked after him with a devotion bordering on obsession . |
| 3 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
| 4 | Curtis looked after him with an understanding grin ; the two men had a lot in common . |
| 5 | The one thing Phil is still learning is how to cope when batsmen get after him on a good pitch . |
| 6 | The Rabbitohs were to contribute to international Rugby League one of the great backs of any era , Clive Churchill , the Little Master , so dazzling there is even a stand named after him at the Sydney Cricket Ground . |
| 7 | Harold acceded at once and I trotted dutifully after him to a small anteroom adjoining the Cabinet room . |
| 8 | Berthe Weill shrugged and crossed the street after him to the catcalls of the crowd . |
| 9 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 10 | His cutaway heel is world-class stuff , and with a patent in the pipeline I can think of a number of major manufacturers who 'll be after him for a slice of the licensing action . |
| 11 | ‘ I was assigned to look after him for a while , ’ Harvey answered . |
| 12 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 13 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 14 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 15 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 16 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 17 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 18 | been round there once or twice after him for a different thing . |
| 19 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 20 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , thank you ! ’ she said , but her smile withered at the sight of his expression and she trailed after him towards the car park without a word or a glance at the others . |
| 22 | Her legs felt absolutely leaden as she trudged after him towards the house . |
| 23 | They gave up and chased after him through the thin trees . |
| 24 | He drags me after him through the woods . |
| 25 | She took his hand and , with a sense of stepping from the present into the past , from the known into what had become utterly strange , scrambled up and ran after him into the night . |
| 26 | He would have had to drive to the farm , learn of Mungo 's destination from Alice , and trudge after him across the fields . |
| 27 | Then with fumbling fingers she extracted her soap and hurled the bag after him across the bathroom floor . |
| 28 | Confused , she went after him down the winding stairs into the kitchen and let him organise hot drinks . |
| 29 | Freelance cameraman Andy Styczynski , 32 , spotted the elusive bachelor at the wheel of a white Rover Montego — and chased after him in a VW Golf GTi . |
| 30 | Doyle looked after him in a kind of angry bewilderment . |