Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be remembered that , nine times out of ten , the third party solicitor will be relying on descriptions of locus , machinery , etc. provided to him by his client — and will not have had the opportunity of visiting the LOCUS himself . |
| 2 | Passionate with indignation at the poverty and injustices which he daily met around him in the industrial north of Bradford , he sought , and was able to gain from , J.P.M. 's National Council of Labour Colleges , that knowledge which served him so well throughout his short working life , as a weapon with which to fight and change the capitalist system which tolerated and perpetuated such inhumane living conditions . |
| 3 | ‘ Not the usual kind of student 's flat , ’ muttered the Marshal , surprised to find his feet walking on fitted carpet , a thing that only happened to him in the lobbies of hotels he was checking on . |
| 4 | She kinda thought of him as a poet , and I think he loved her for that . |
| 5 | Because of Gloucester 's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship . |
| 6 | Because of Gloucester 's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship . |
| 7 | Another man had been at the table for some time but Beales only looked at him at this point , curious to know who MacQuillan was with . |
| 8 | David remained close for a brief moment , perhaps hoping that she would retract her words , but Beth only looked at him in that certain proud manner which told him she would not change her mind . |
| 9 | Buddie suddenly reached behind him with one hand , grabbed Frankie by the sleeve and yanked him from his seat at the table . |
| 10 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 11 | He looked at her with exasperation when she just gazed at him with wide deep blue eyes . |
| 12 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 13 | Ruth had lost all sense of direction as soon as he had gripped her hand so fiercely ; she just teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals . |
| 14 | Jed just stared at him across the top of his glass . |
| 15 | No , ’ he confirmed gently when she just stared at him in shock , ‘ you need n't answer , not if you promised not to . |
| 16 | Well , now I 'd know what to do but then I just looked at him for help , and said , ‘ I do n't know any . |
| 17 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 18 | I once specially asked for him to be there and then demanded to know at the rehearsal who was this man sitting with the flutes . |
| 19 | An OTC dealer loyally argued against him with a vigour that is rarely seen in a university environment . |
| 20 | Their lives always seemed to him to be more complete than those of men , more … together , somehow , less compartmentalized . |
| 21 | But the noises outside still seemed to him to be those of a wood in February . |
| 22 | The same thing always happened to him at school if he was brought out to the front of the hall for talking in assembly , or if he had to stand in the aisle with his hands on his head for not paying attention in class . |
| 23 | It was n't what usually happened to him after a performance . |
| 24 | It was the Colonel himself who taught me how to shoot , and I always went with him for the fishing . |
| 25 | I always spoke with him in Greek , and as you perhaps realize , Greek is a naturally sensual and uneuphemistic language . |
| 26 | He always spoke of him in the most affectionate terms . |
| 27 | ‘ I thoroughly disagreed with him on numerous issues , ’ said Teller , ‘ to this extent I would like to see the vital interests of this country in hands which I understand better and therefore trust more . ’ |
| 28 | Once , months later , when she went to the Regency on a Saturday night with some girlfriends she practically bumped into him on the stairs . |
| 29 | To develop his system , the idea for which probably came to him during a passing involvement with cable trams , Holroyd Smith built three experimental miniature lines in Halifax during 1883–4 . |
| 30 | Tolstoy clearly appealed to him as a great apostle of non-violence , and one who enabled all votaries of ahi sā to realize and understand that non-violence involved not only the negative attitude of freedom from anger and hate but also the positive attitude of love for all men . |