Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the lighter side it reminded him of Stamford and he wondered how Burden had got on . |
| 2 | But far more valuable was the chance it gave him of widening his sphere of influence . |
| 3 | But far more valuable was the chance it gave him of widening his sphere of influence . |
| 4 | Though he was later subtly dismissive of the assembly , he undoubtedly appreciated its value at the time , not least for the good publicity it gave him in the British and American press . |
| 5 | But perhaps you do n't remember how he hated that life , and what a state it got him into . |
| 6 | The safe shelter he had found on the edge of the village could not have been more comfortable , for all that on awakening and having his first lightsome look it struck him as a mite strange . |
| 7 | With painful slowness it carried him to the station a few miles from his home . |
| 8 | With difficulty she repressed comments on the writer 's own linguistic proficiency , and how in her view it disabled him from judging Walter 's scholastic achievements ; with difficulty , too , she refrained from rebutting the idea that she was not getting any younger , for that was precisely what she felt she was getting , these days ; and she ended with best wishes for the future , mentally hoping it would not be for him a long one . |