Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Britten had written the part for him as the eldest son , Jaffet , which was a treble , ’ said Graham . |
| 2 | As he peered through the binoculars he felt a tremor of excitement course through him at the prospect of seeing the printed images come to life . |
| 3 | He sat up immediately on his cot , feeling a surge of pleasurable anticipation course through him at the prospect of one more day stalking the great game animals of southern Asia through the beautiful tropical forest where he now felt almost at home . |
| 4 | Mr Forsyth 's support for student loans has ensured little support for him on the campus but , that apart , the student vote seems to be as divided as it is in the wider constituency . |
| 5 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 6 | To a king about to embark on war , the support of wise counsels and mighty powers was indeed essential , and the men honoured in 1337 repaid the king 's generosity by loyal support for him in the forthcoming campaigns . |
| 7 | He had no idea where he was , except that it must be somewhere in the wilds of Wales , well hidden from any possibility of rescue ; and he took his first unwilling look about him in the conviction that captivity could mean nothing better than solitude , close confinement and squalor . |
| 8 | He well recalls a couplet about him in The Times : ‘ He was right , dead right , as he walked along ; but he was just as dead as if he 'd been wrong . ’ |
| 9 | money for him across the road ? |
| 10 | I am raising money for him at the moment . |
| 11 | ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’ |
| 13 | In 1696 Lowther of Lowther , tired of contesting elections , employed his cousin to seek a viscountcy for him from the king . |
| 14 | She flirted outrageously , promising that she would secure an interview for him with the Queen but she always seemed to fail . |
| 15 | A first round victory caught everyone 's attention , and Swift kept close tabs on him for the rest of the year , even fielding a car for him in the 25th anniversary race at Silverstone and again in the Irish Festival . |
| 16 | There had been no conscious pleasure for him in the attack . |
| 17 | We had enough of Blobby yesterday , without any mention of him on the programme again . |
| 18 | Ever since Ben had first found that single mention of him in the journals . |
| 19 | A photograph of him as the Devil ( not in female disguise ) shows him poised on one foot , the other leg bent so that his whole body is tilted eccentrically . |
| 20 | ‘ Randy 's got a slower pony in this chukka , who wo n't like Dopey taking a piece of him in the line-out one bit . ’ |
| 21 | He added that this was on condition that he would withdraw claims for defamation of character made against the IJF if the IJF would agree not to take any legal action against him in the future . |
| 22 | He will carry disappointment with him for the rest of his political career and , indeed , to the end of his days . |
| 23 | Vic takes the Daily Mail with him to the lavatory , the one at the back of the house , next to the tradesmen 's entrance , with a plain white suite , intended for the use of charladies , gardeners and workmen . |
| 24 | If Keith Wright 's performance in this match was anything to go by , then he will certainly be glad when Jackson is back riding shotgun with him in the Hibs attack . |
| 25 | Though his tone was abrupt , Polly sensed a lessening of tension in him at the change of subject . |
| 26 | The poem was the finest Wordsworth had yet written , and , coming so soon after his departure from Alfoxden , suggests that the loss to him of the Quantock countryside had been of little real significance . |
| 27 | It was apparently difficult to see if Ruffini 's proof was complete and despite a further attempt by him at the problem , in 1813 , the credit for supplying the first generally accepted proof of impossibility goes to Abel ( pronounced " Arbel " ) in 1824 . |
| 28 | At lower gas pressures and higher energy density ionization of He in the discharge becomes more important , and He(II) emission lines , due to transitions of He + ions , become progressively stronger . |
| 29 | But when Prince rocks out it 's because that 's as much a part of him as the funk strut . |
| 30 | She said , you silly little git , he said it 's an actor taking the part of him in the film ! |