Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gertrude Stein , too , wrote in her book on Picasso : ‘ Upon his return from Gosol he became acquainted with Matisse through whom he came to know African sculpture . ’ |
| 2 | 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person . |
| 3 | 1 Where the person bringing an action to recover land , or some person through whom he claims , has been in possession of the land , and has while entitled to the land been dispossessed or discontinued his possession , the right of action shall be treated as having accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance . |
| 4 | He was quiet , polite , and concerned about everyone he met . |
| 5 | The big man had a word for everyone he met , and produced blushes and laughs from the serving maids in equal quantities . |
| 6 | Happily for everyone he has put down anchor |
| 7 | He could emulate neither the austere aristocracy of Pius XII , whom he revered and always defended , nor the comfortable geniality of John XXIII for whom he felt great affection ( dating back to 1925 ) . |
| 8 | At Deirdre 's elbow stood the faithless Jonathan Headleand , who was trying to explain to his stepmother 's first husband Edgar why he 'd decided , after all his protests , to follow in his father 's footsteps , while simultaneously trying to keep one eye on Deirdre ( for whom he felt responsible ) and the other on his girlfriend Kate Williams who was being harangued by a Tory backbencher about Marxist infiltration of the Open University . |
| 9 | Especially with a woman for whom he felt nothing but contempt . |
| 10 | One such group was the disabled community for whom he had set up the Prince of Wales Advisory Group on Disability . |
| 11 | With the collapse of the coalition , Robinson felt free to challenge the man for whom he had previously campaigned and he won the seat by the extremely narrow margin of sixty-four votes . |
| 12 | Josh Gifford , for whom he had been first jockey before his illness and who had assured him that his position as stable jockey would be waiting for him as soon as he had recovered . |
| 13 | No one else did , and Salah was careful to stagger the entertainments so that the foreign teachers ( for whom he had a certain distaste ) should arrive and leave before the other guests . |
| 14 | Ten minutes later he was joined by the couple for whom he had been waiting . |
| 15 | There is little doubt that in his reference to ‘ people ’ he was excluding Professor Barker for whom he had a high regard . |
| 16 | He also ignored the extent to which the concrete policies of Derry Labour , as distinct from its rhetoric , were the common currency of all opponents of the Unionist Party , including the Nationalists , for whom he had boundless contempt . |
| 17 | She closed her eyes briefly to say a silent prayer of thanks that , not only had Stephen received the son for whom he had so longed , but that the baby was the image of his father . |
| 18 | It was the same mentality that led him into the folie de grandeur of thinking that , having been a champion driver , he was also fitted to run a motor-racing team — indeed , to think that he was better fitted to do so than those for whom he had worked and driven . |
| 19 | Despite Mozart 's unkind comments on the failing vocal powers of the ageing Mannheim tenor Raaff , some instinct had warned him to keep on friendly terms with the singer , for whom he had written an aria on the way back from Paris . |
| 20 | In Prague , Mozart also reacquainted himself with old friends , including Count Thun , in whose house he and Constanze stayed , and the Dušeks — František , a respected composer and teacher , and his wife Josepha , an old Salzburg friend of Wolfgang 's and a fine singer for whom he had written several concert arias . |
| 21 | Barbados and Trent College , Nottingham ( for whom he had a very successful 1974 season with bat and ball ) . |
| 22 | " I never believed such stupidity could exist , " the Collector said to McNab , for whom he had come to entertain a great respect . |
| 23 | Those for whom he had the greatest contempt — a band of counterfeits — emerged from the Paris Conservatoire and were fils de papa . |
| 24 | He felt guilty towards the child who had not survived , for whom he had been named . |
| 25 | The international deaf community , for whom he had compiled a dictionary of international sign language ( Gestuno ) , was also deeply affected by Hayhurst 's sudden death . |
| 26 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 27 | But in the last twelve months the fury of the entire national had been aroused against him by an aged , exiled cleric for whom he had only contempt . |
| 28 | Now , as the son came to see the marble bust for the last time , court photographers crowded around to capture the poignancy of the son saying goodbye , presumably with a sense of terrible failure , to the father for whom he had never been good enough . |
| 29 | In Henry , Arnulf finally found the potential monarch for whom he had been searching . |
| 30 | Cook was thus greatly distressed and bewildered to learn that the New Zealand Maori , for whom he had developed a respectful admiration , ate their defeated enemies without compunction ! |