Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] he [prep] an " in BNC.

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1 And was it defensible to live with a man because I was physically in love with him and also interested in him as an individual , if I was so suspicious of him ?
2 And Anthea had become emotionally dependent on him in an alarmingly short time …
3 Since he is infinitely removed from comprehending the extremes , the end of things and their beginning are hopelessly sudden from him in an impenetrable secret …
4 Mr Boutros-Ghali called on governments to keep specially trained units on stand-by , available to him in an emergency .
5 The outer door was thrown open with haste and ceremony , to admit a cloaked and booted gentleman who swept through the anteroom on a gust of chill April air , shedding a knot of servants and gallants at the threshold , and hurling all doors open before him with an alacrity that spoke to her of royalty .
6 Lies and blackmail , overt blackmail , were new to him from an adult .
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