Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green 's mountains are and were for him unlike those of Scotland with their purple grandeur and exotic shapes , nor did they have their awesome desolation . |
| 2 | A previous lodger had departed on receipt of a message that the rozzers were after him on account of a jeweller 's broken window . |
| 3 | My dad would say , Stay well away from them , he was always afraid they were after him for all the taxes he had n't paid . |
| 4 | Bock and Grigoriev were behind him on the main section of the catwalk . |
| 5 | I could see how things were with him at home ; his wife was no good at her job . |
| 6 | ‘ Yet you were with him at the presentation . ’ |
| 7 | During his time in Brazil he was sheltered by Wolfram and Liselotte Bossert , an Austrian couple introduced to him by Gerhard , who were with him on the day he died . |
| 8 | You were with him on board the Princess and before in Jamaica . |
| 9 | We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain … |
| 10 | Those who were with him on the tour of Dark Summer at the time were equally astounded . |
| 11 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 12 | cattle were with him in the Ark , and God made the wind blow , is it upon , upon the earth and waters and the fountains the windows of heavens were opened . |
| 13 | And God remembered Noah , the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark . |
| 14 | God remembered Noah , the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark . |
| 15 | The familiar house , the carpeted hall , were before him for the last time . |
| 16 | Before he could rise to defend himself , four of them were on him with their clubs , battering the life from his body . |
| 17 | Their stated wish was for him to be moved to another mainstream school . |
| 18 | She knew how important it was for him to be in a good army , and if the war had ended in Rhodesia , then perhaps another might start in one of France 's old colonies so that the Legion could get involved . |
| 19 | During the summer , the Prime Minister kept saying how essential it was for him to be present at Maastricht in December in order to make decisions , but the word from Downing street now is that the Prime Minister 's greatest ambition at Maastricht is to fend off making any decisions . |
| 20 | His clean new home was about him like a blessing . |
| 21 | Although he was now nearly twenty , he was still considerably smaller than even Mike , who was nearest him in age . |
| 22 | The Corporal was after him at once . |
| 23 | The sound of the waking ducks was below him in the scrub and trees . |
| 24 | Brian Brunswick , of the Health and Safety Executive , which investigated the case , said it appeared that the driver of the vehicle checked to see if anyone was behind him before reversing . |
| 25 | Like he was behind er I never held him I was behind him like you know well it gives his legs a bit more like movement . |
| 26 | His audience was against him on all these questions and there was no enthusiasm . |
| 27 | She was like him in a lot of ways . |
| 28 | I often thought Rob was like him in more than mere looks , ’ she went on thoughtfully , then her tone lightened . |
| 29 | Henrietta did not lose interest in her impecunious father and within two years she was with him aboard HMS Bullfinch for the trials of his new screw propeller . |
| 30 | Having had a gruesome storm-tossed journey , his first act on landing was to fulfil his vow to travel barefoot to the nearest shrine in thanksgiving for his delivery ; the rheumatism which resulted was with him for the rest of his life — as was the sourness with which he regarded Scotland . |