Example sentences of "[prep] he [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flaming juices of him burst into her hand . |
| 2 | She resisted the thought that she liked the idea of him sitting at her kitchen table . |
| 3 | Culdub Oakapple opened his mouth to say that acclaim was all very well in its way , but they had been hoping for something a bit more financial than that , but the two Gnomes on each side of him trod on his foot to stop him , because you could not always trust the Oakapple to be tactful . |
| 4 | He was not entirely harmless either , not when she thought of him spread on his mother 's lap . |
| 5 | The idea of him coming to her room both excited and disturbed her . |
| 6 | She looked at Tommaso Talvi in her mind 's eye , she adjusted her image of him to fit with her sister 's , she inventoried his features , beginning with the eyes , and redrafted them in order to see them as ‘ pretty ’ , she scanned his caffelatte pallor and his big hands , grasping the bread she had cut for him , she looked at his mouth , the purplish fullness of his lips and the strong teeth that showed when he grinned , as he had done , often , but without laughter , when the men were disagreeing about the possibilities of change , the chances of the election on returning the Socialists , of bringing about improvements for the labourers now that the franchise had at last been widened to include some people who were n't bosses , like her father , a music teacher with a sense of honour , of justice . |
| 7 | Before we went down to the kitchen Elinor patted all the Napoleana into place , violets and Redouté roses ; a picture of him riding his horse , Marengo , and that one of him feeling for his wallet ; matchstick models made by French prisoners of war and a tricolour flying at half-mast . |
| 8 | ‘ You should dry your hair — ’ he began , but Leonora shook her head violently and brushed past him to leap into his bed . |
| 9 | Jonathon came from the train with a porter behind him loaded with their gear . |
| 10 | Gascoigne took it , John Barnes flicked on at the near post and Platt arrived behind him to head in his 13th England goal . |
| 11 | A Paul Gascoigne corner in the 13th minute was flicked on at the near post by John Barnes and Platt arrived behind him to head in his 13th England goal . |
| 12 | She had been walking slowly back to the terrace doors with him jogging at her elbow . |
| 13 | She allowed the idea of falling in love with him dance across her mind but soon dismissed it with a smile . |
| 14 | Many readers must have sighed with regret that so few of Gainsborough 's letters have survived , since the charm of his style is so fresh ; it is easy to sympathise with him writing about his professional commitment to portraiture , on behalf of two fine ladies , his daughters : |
| 15 | Sitwell had wanted to buy a Modigliani painting to take back with him to show to his brother Osbert , who was to sponsor the Exhibition jointly with him . |
| 16 | He knew she only had his best interests at heart but he had yet to meet one of these women whose interest in him stemmed beyond his bank balance . |
| 17 | There was still enough of the egotistical writer in him to protest at its destruction . |
| 18 | Now he saw himself step into the picture , and something he was doing or saying made the men and women before him jump from their seats , even Lionel . |
| 19 | That was probably true , she realised , scrambling away from him to reach for her discarded clothes . |
| 20 | Greeting him on his return from battle , she hands him over to his wife with palpable reluctance ; seeking to calm him before his confrontation with the people , she shackles him in an iron grip ; and , in the great plea with him not to sack Rome , she pinpoints the lines about him treading on his mother 's womb ‘ that brought thee to this world ’ . |
| 21 | It should be something useful for setting up home , if only a rather expensive bottle-opener , possibly with other small mementoes of his favourite bachelor activities or sport such as golf balls , presented inside something amusing and clearly feminine but not in bad taste , such as a pair of stockings , with a blue garter for him to give to his bride for the wedding so that she can wear ‘ something borrowed , something blue , . |
| 22 | Hopefully , she waited for him to return to her side , but when he failed to do so she realised that whatever he had been about to say would be left unsaid . |
| 23 | He made clear on 27 November what he felt was the best action for him to take in his capacity as a Law Officer . |
| 24 | It was now time for him to call in his battlegroup to tell his men of their achievements . |
| 25 | When the patient is having long-term treatment at home , it is often worthwhile for him to invest in his own treatment plinth , if he can afford it , and if there is space for it . |
| 26 | Of course , my attitude may stem from my having certain beliefs , but these beliefs are not part of what is actually expressed by the sentence , and do not pertain to that which someone else must share with me , in order for it to be logically proper for him to assent to my sentence . |
| 27 | It was difficult for him to move in his new boots . |
| 28 | Mr Skinner said Mr Lilley should come to the House to answer questions over ‘ the £4,000 bill the taxpayer is having to foot for him flying from his holiday cottage in France to come back to Britain ’ . |
| 29 | One of the councillors on the libraries committee took a copy of Gay News home to study so that he could n't be accused of being uninformed when the time came for him to vote for its rejection . |
| 30 | I waited for him to come into my room and say hello . |