Example sentences of "[verb] against he [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to struggle against him with all her might . |
| 2 | But serious allegations had already been made against him by this date . |
| 3 | Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident . |
| 4 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
| 5 | It was a perfect opportunity for some writers to express the resentment which they had harboured against him for many years , and he himself was convinced that such people detested him because he had acquired British citizenship . |
| 6 | On that occasion Themistokles carried his view ; but ( Plutarch says ) the Spartans took against him from that moment , preferring to advance Kimon instead . |
| 7 | Pitted against him in this bout was The Big Boss Man — 337lbs from Cobb County , Georgia — who , as fans of Sky TV 's Wrestling Mania know , is a pumped-up hulk ‘ on the side of the law ’ . |
| 8 | Austen had certainly emerged as leader , for nobody could have stood against him with any prospect of success , and it was appropriate that his succession should be marked by Pretyman , who was a respected backbencher of long service and represented the inarticulate centre of the party . |
| 9 | It is easy to call Mr Honey ford , the Bradford head teacher , a racist and to organize against him on that basis but less easy to show precisely how and why this is the case . |
| 10 | The Aragonese were politely told by Edward ( in January 1283 ) that ‘ we are bound by kinship and by homage to the king of France , nor does it behove us to rebel against him in any way , nor to do anything to arouse his anger nor give him offence ’ . |