Example sentences of "[verb] see him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all .
2 Nobody has seen him since that day .
3 Charles put on a brave face to the world , but secretly he was in turmoil for many , many months ; and one other person who helped see him through this period was Diana .
4 She 'd seen him with another woman when he was supposed to be away at a conference .
5 I tried to think of when I 'd seen him after that , apart from when we got our degrees — him proud and posing for the family album , me drunk and disorderly .
6 I did n't like to see him like this so when the second man had gone I turned to Dad .
7 Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year .
8 His face seemed familiar somehow , and yet I could n't recall seeing him in this place before .
9 ‘ It 's the first time I 've seen him without all his hangers-on , ’ Cy commented .
10 And Dieter — I 've seen him in similar clothes to the ones Alain wore yesterday , blue slacks and a white shirt .
11 ‘ I do n't know what he does but I 've seen him around this area .
12 It was one of the joys of life , and particularly she loved dancing tonight with Tony Radcliffe , because he was her oldest friend in the world and this was the first time she had seen him for eighteen months .
13 I had never met the head of governors , Dr Arnold Barton , though I had seen him at several functions , a thin , tall , stern-faced , lantern-jawed streak of a man who rarely seemed to smile .
14 So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out .
15 A witness had seen him in deep water , shouting and waving for help .
16 That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown .
17 Nails had received a message from Mr Sylvester that the Social Services representative wanted to see him at four o'clock .
18 I took another deep breath — I only wanted to see him for half an hour — and said what I could .
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