Example sentences of "[prep] him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the shelf below him the old man was vomiting again , too weak even to roll over so that blood and mucus oozed down his chin and neck , some of it bubbling back into his throat . |
| 2 | She had seen little of him the first two days . |
| 3 | Bregawn 's temperament got the better of him the following season , and on his racecourse appearances he displayed increasing sourness . |
| 4 | His natural talent and readiness to learn , together with irregular but extremely fruitful attendance at the Istituto di Belle Arti , were to make of him the amazing so-called ‘ painter of Old Masters ’ . |
| 5 | In front of him the two men had separated , reacted to the shout , and then to the sight of the gun . |
| 6 | In front of him the torpid lizards stirred in their cage on the picture box . |
| 7 | The manager had been held by the Portuguese , but when Bill Baldwin took charge of him the local population , including the Chinese , knew that the Australians intended to continue the war preferring to he the hunters rather than the hunted . |
| 8 | He saw ahead of him the bowed back of Byrkin , hunched head in hands with an empty bowl in front of him on the table . |
| 9 | He must have left Taipei again later that night or early the following morning , because there was no sign of him the next day . |
| 10 | He thought that to remain would look ‘ unsporting ’ and would count against him the next time . |
| 11 | The alternative was to wait a further two or three years until a civil case could reach a hearing in the overcrowded Northern Ireland courts and then to endeavour to fight it with the state using against him the formidable privileges and stratagems available to it . |
| 12 | Behind him the tartan curtains of the drawing room framed a view of ten yards of sodden lawn and a curtain of heavy rain . |
| 13 | Behind him the eastern sky was already brightening , and the wasteland , which had been a formless void of darkness above the lumpy earth , was assuming an identity and a shape . |
| 14 | Gently they lifted the bedraggled form as Bert came lumbering down from the 3 and 4 landing , with Gilbert Forbes behind him , and behind him the trembling form of Jessie , wringing her hands . |
| 15 | Behind him the lanky , long striding Donnelly crossed the line in 29.07 , while Ferrin finished a gallant third just one second outside his own best time . |
| 16 | They were facing a mounting legal bill , whereas Cassidy had behind him the huge resources of the diocese — much of it contributed by gays and lesbians , Moreover , the Chancellor 's opinion was clear . |
| 17 | Somewhere behind him the huge figure loped . |
| 18 | I could tell him anything , even share with him the contradictory motives within my personality , and he would still love and accept me . |
| 19 | The Prince , who had important paperwork to attend to at Buckingham Palace , asked her to drive back with him the following day . |
| 20 | ‘ I — had a word with him the other day . |
| 21 | ‘ I was with him the other night and some of the things he was saying , I know that if he found out about us … ’ |
| 22 | In fact I had dinner with him the other night … ’ |
| 23 | Although there are no hon. Members from Scottish constituencies in their places at the moment , my hon. Friend the Minister made a passing reference to Scotland , which is one of the issues that I discussed with him the other evening . |
| 24 | By the time of Safdarjung 's death , the Persian Nadir Shah had been and gone , carrying with him the accumulated riches of eight generations of Empire . |
| 25 | He was shown the location of the bathroom and toilets and the nurse discussed with him the extra hygiene measures which he would require to prepare him for surgery . |
| 26 | He keeps with him the Thirteen Treasures of Britain which are ancient talismans and magical objects . |
| 27 | The largest section under David Stirling , who had with him the repaired ‘ Blitz Buggy ’ , headed for the escarpment above Fuka . |
| 28 | Oh yeah , I , but I did n't realize you know with him the old man , the toughy , yeah |
| 29 | All she knew was that she had been miserable for the rest of the night , and only a teasing conversation with him the next afternoon , when he was dressed very casually in blue jeans and a white T-shirt , had cheered her up again . |
| 30 | Just ring him up and have lunch with him the next day and it 'll be all right . ’ |