Example sentences of "[prep] he [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curtis looked after him with an understanding grin ; the two men had a lot in common . |
| 2 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 3 | He turned and walked away , leaving her standing by the open door of her bedroom , staring after him in an agony of confusion . |
| 4 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |
| 5 | Izzie threw out her hands towards him in an expression of exasperation . |
| 6 | I think of him as an artist who writes history , and I take it that the history he writes includes the history he has principally suffered — that of Poland . |
| 7 | Mr Eliot has lived abroad so long that we rarely think of him as an American and he is never written about from the point of view of his relation to other American authors . |
| 8 | He therefore earnestly begs of me that since you deservedly have the nomination of an Gardner to the Chelsea Garden , which I understand is now vacant , that I would address you in his behalf that at least you would accept of him as an Candidate if there are other competitors and , if found sufficiently qualifyd you would propose him accordingly as you shall find he deserves . |
| 9 | He had frankly given no thought whatsoever to the child 's name ; he had not yet thought of him as an identity anyway . |
| 10 | His hairline at that age was receding at the parting , giving every intimation that he might be bald one day ; not so , in the event — photographs of him as an older man show clearly that same hairline , looking very much the same as it had in the days of his youth . |
| 11 | There was an early view of Niki Lauda — affectionately known as ‘ the Rat ’ to much of the FI family — which thought of him as an automaton . |
| 12 | Gloucester was ideally placed to satisfy this need — something which has been underemphasized since Kendall 's romantic portrait of him as an isolated northern figure . |
| 13 | She thought of him as an aging hippy . |
| 14 | Gloucester was ideally placed to satisfy this need — something which has been underemphasized since Kendall 's romantic portrait of him as an isolated northern figure . |
| 15 | He was supposedly an actor , you ca n't find any record of him as an actor , er he was apparently a dependable country bumpkin who became fairly important in managing the money , er Shakespeare was someone whom the theatre people could count on , a simple as that . |
| 16 | Even those who do not share his political opinions readily pay their tribute to the range of his intellect and the graciousness of his character ; more remarkable still , even those whose intellectual qualities are the equal of his , but whose moral qualities have degenerated in contact with the sordid atmosphere of politics , never speak of him with an affected amusement as a religious bigot or a narrow-minded moralist ; in the remarks of these latter politicians I often detect a tone of rather wistful regret , as if they were conscious in themselves of a loss for which the world they have gained has by no means compensated . |
| 17 | Paul is standing in front of him with an envelope . |
| 18 | Behind her , in the stern , sat Peng Yu-wei , tall , elderly and very upright , his staff held in front of him like an unflagged mast . |
| 19 | The Jew makes use of him in an unsuccessful attempt to turn Oliver into a criminal , and is able to convince him that Nancy , whom he trusts , has betrayed them all and must die . |
| 20 | Halzman caught sight of him in an overhead mirror — there were a number of such mirrors around , speaking as well as any other kind of sound was kept to a minimum in the sonar room — removed his earphones and gestured to the seat beside him . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Every incriminating word that Younis uttered within range of the room bugs was meticulously recorded , transcribed and translated as evidence to be used against him in an American court . |
| 23 | They rallied behind him despite an interview at the weekend in which he suggested he had considered the possibility of a contest for the leadership after this year . |
| 24 | Dad slammed the door behind him with an ‘ An' good riddance ! ’ |
| 25 | Culley stood behind him like an invigilator . |
| 26 | They walked with him to an old wooden building near the farmhouse . |
| 27 | And after last night 's performance of Hamlet , some of his friends from the theatre had come back with him for an informal reading of their next play . |
| 28 | I probably wo n't catch up with him for an hour or more , but when I do , people will be astounded to learn his identity . ’ |
| 29 | We wanted to have an urgent word with him on an important matter . ’ |
| 30 | Now Sebastian is dead , long dead , and Alix is married to Brian Bowen , son of a saw polisher , grandson of a furnaceman , and often sits with him on an old settee in her stockinged feet . |