Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | IGNORED our plea for him to address the ‘ Southgate Semiotics Society ’ — a body ‘ concerned with discussing the most poignant examples of what we believe to be ironic , individualist/regionalist and deconstructionist English . ’ |
| 2 | As he was the only able-bodied man on the farm , it was a constant struggle for him to make the mortgage payments . |
| 3 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 4 | The not-so-dour Scot knows it will be a unique experience for him to take the visitor 's dressing room at the citadel where his deeds as player and manager became legend — as did his departure . |
| 5 | The pilot survived , and a photograph of him holding the swastika emblem removed from the fin of the Heinkel was taken recently , naturally a most emotional experience . |
| 6 | One side of him found the inspector attractive and amusing . |
| 7 | Even though James V had brought artillery with him to pound the walls , it made little impression , and in the end the besiegers ran out of gunpowder . |
| 8 | It is a disappointment to him to see the way canoeing is marketed and perceived , particularly the view that people ca n't be coached after a certain level . |
| 9 | Despite the horrors he 'd seen , and the fierceness of his revulsion , some small part of him retained the fascination that had drawn him , Godolphin and their fellow experimenters together in the first place . |
| 10 | Not that you suspect him because you do n't like the look of him walking the streets — he 's got to be a suspected person . |
| 11 | Throughout his early career Chaplin noted the poverty and hardships that were common in society and these observations were fed into his act as he mastered the various techniques of traditional nineteenth-century mime , vaudeville , and clowning . |
| 12 | Officials refused to discuss his itinerary and , most unusually for such a senior member of the Royal Family , it was indicated that there was no plan for him to meet the public . |
| 13 | There was no question of him hearing the noise in the stillness of the waxworks . |
| 14 | Well it 's just a question of him arranging the transport to get rid of it . |
| 15 | From inside the hut behind him came the sudden sound of gongs and drums being beaten and immediately a bare-breasted woman appeared in the doorway at the top of the stepped log , holding aloft a tall earthenware jar . |
| 16 | His behaviour in his marriage was driven by the child in him seeking the truth , and his need to have his perceptions validated . |
| 17 | Was it not a benefit to him to have the crew sail the ship home rather than abandon him and it in a foreign port ? |
| 18 | There was no need for him to use the overdraft . |
| 19 | No need for him to see the balance sheet . ’ |
| 20 | She wanted to make Reflections in a Golden Eye with him playing the latent homosexual army officer , and Taylor as his wife . |
| 21 | In May papal backing was given to her conditions for return ; two legates brought letters urging the younger Despenser to assist the reconciliation of the king and queen , virtually a request for him to abandon the court , but they got no further than Dover where the king interviewed them and threatened them with death if they dared to publish the pope 's letters . |
| 22 | It must have been a million-to-one chance for him to hit the car right in the middle . ’ |
| 23 | He 'll be putting the disappointment of this years boat race behind him to lead the challenge next year . |
| 24 | The TBM 700 's purchase price includes two type ratings , and the usual practice is for the owner-pilot to bring a professional flier with him to take the course . |
| 25 | Chief Inspector Salter was anxious to see him and she had made an appointment for him to see the Chief Superintendent later that day . |
| 26 | A new offer for him to challenge the world heavyweight champion , American Ruddick Bowe , is reportedly being thrashed out . |
| 27 | Anderson himself , in scene five , remarks on the fact that language allows him to 'show off a bit " ( p. 63 ) but this comment occurs in the context of his longest turn , which is the most obvious example of him violating the maxim of manner . |
| 28 | ‘ How do I look — ’ She stopped dead , her heart flipping over under the sweater as Penry Vaughan leapt to his feet at the sight of her , the height and breadth of him overpowering the entire room . |
| 29 | On scheduled passages , of course , you ca n't always do this , but Mr. Andrew and his father before him knew the trade so well that they generally managed it . |
| 30 | Chuck Moxon drove , his colleague beside him operated the direction-finder ( D/F ) receiver , a small box like a miniature television , save that on the screen in place of a picture was a single glowing dot . |