Example sentences of "[prep] he by an " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The spark of poetry was kindled in him by an elderly woman who lived with the family and was full of tales of witches and warlocks . |
| 3 | A Christmas card sent to him by an AI member in Switzerland had been returned marked ‘ Consigned is free ’ . |
| 4 | Thus the ghastly memories brought back to him by an egg ; or his feeling , so terrible he does not express it , when 20 years after Maidanek his friend Michael has forgotten his name . |
| 5 | This was a tip given to him by an extremely well-known Test player . |
| 6 | The only role created on him by an experienced choreographer was that of a Negro pugilist in Andrée Howard 's Mardi Gras , and that ballet , although striking in its strange , suggestive drama , was such an idiosyncratic , atmospheric piece that he was unlikely to learn much from it about form or structure . |
| 7 | Wilekin appeals to the lady to show pity on him by an appeal to her " " curteisi " " and her Christian pity : ( " Lady , lady , change your heart : your courtesy was ever good |