Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 31 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 32 | They walked with him to an old wooden building near the farmhouse . |
| 33 | Australia beckoned to him like an uncut diamond . |
| 34 | He turned and walked away , leaving her standing by the open door of her bedroom , staring after him in an agony of confusion . |
| 35 | Lloyd had persuaded Coleridge to take him as a pupil at £80 a year ; but when his wealthy father , a member of the banking family , insisted that the arrangement could last only for a year , Coleridge 's expectation of a regular income suddenly vanished , and Lloyd eventually settled with him as an occasional lodger , not a pupil . |
| 36 | The tragic hero appears before him with an epic clarity and beauty , and yet he rejoices at the hero 's annihilation . |
| 37 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 38 | ‘ You all right ? ’ asked Biff , focusing on him with an effort . |
| 39 | Doyle 's attention was drawn by a youth , wearing suit and bow-tie , who called to him from an empty table . |
| 40 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 41 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 42 | But she snapped , ‘ I 'm not tired , I 'm not , ’ glaring at him like an enemy , and he felt a sour weariness at the prospect of the long , white night ahead of them . |
| 43 | This was a tip given to him by an extremely well-known Test player . |
| 44 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 45 | Moran 's high-strung nervousness , which was usually concealed by slow , deliberate movements , was all on show as he looked about him like an animal in unknown territory and tore open the envelope . |
| 46 | The COB Rules differentiate between dealing with a customer as a counterparty and dealing for him as an agent ; this chapter follows that differentiation and also distinguishes between " clients " and " mere " counterparties ( with whom there is no client relationship but who the COB Rules treat as a " customer " , as discussed below ) . |
| 47 | Maryon was getting a bit worried about him after an evening out in a restaurant : he had been getting behind with his alcohol intake so he decided to catch up . |
| 48 | Curtis looked after him with an understanding grin ; the two men had a lot in common . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | She thought of him as an aging hippy . |
| 51 | Every one of the dead men ached in him like an amputation . |
| 52 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 53 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 54 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |
| 55 | He — I must cease to refer to him as an it-he let go of me , and I managed to remain standing in his dreadful presence . |
| 56 | And William looked at him with an odd expression , and at first Preston thought he really did n't remember or was pretending he did n't , but then he smiled , even more oddly , and said , ‘ The Devil . ’ |
| 57 | The old gentleman looked at him with an expression of dislike . |
| 58 | She looked at him with an air of apology . |
| 59 | Burger looked at him with an odd expression . |
| 60 | 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 . |