Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 2 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 3 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 4 | With the bit of paper in one hand and the keys in the other , he held his arms straight out in front of him at the same height . |
| 5 | I 'd have liked to have cut the face off of him with a few choice words . |
| 6 | But Kirk 's reputation went ahead of him for a few years to come . |
| 7 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 8 | Western attention was mostly directed towards the Kurds , who rose up against him at the same time , but the greater threat to Saddam and the heavier loss of life was Shiite , Not Kurdish . |
| 9 | It may therefore be necessary to proceed against him under the latter section , supposing that the requisite intention can be established , or under section 5 . |
| 10 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 11 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
| 12 | You know he 's twenty two , twenty three years old , you know , you know whatever he 's doing he 's liable to be with him for a few years yet and what can one see |
| 13 | I was put to work with him on the same bench and he not only taught me toolmaking , he also taught me about the trade union movement and the kind of society he wanted to see . ’ |
| 14 | Paul had reasons for the private emptying of his ; he was still treating himself with a solution of the doctor 's recommended potassium permanganate crystals , and had to make his exit quickly when Willie was out of the room , as that gregarious gentleman would have come with him on the same errand ; then hurry outside with the tell-tale purple contents , empty them , rinse the pot at the pump , and come back . |
| 15 | His eyelashes concealed his eyes in that secret , almost coy way he had and she was suddenly dreadfully frightened and angry with him at the same time . |
| 16 | Corbett regained his strength and scrambled to his feet , dragging the dwarf in his grasp with him as the latter 's accomplice slumped wordlessly to his knees . |
| 17 | ‘ Good , tell him I 'll be with him in a few minutes … and Bourne , notify Dr Franks . ’ |
| 18 | She had a duet with him in the latter that she could n't have managed if he had n't carried her through . |
| 19 | He knew only too well what would happen ; no doubt his stepfather would have the daily help to come in and take care of him , but as far as the business was concerned , it would likely be whipped from under him by the many land sharks who would prey on the defenceless old man without the slightest compunction . |
| 20 | He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had . |
| 21 | She left her office at about five forty-five , saw Naylor 's Jaguar in the car park and went weak at the knees about him for a few seconds , then she determinedly got into her own car and drove home . |
| 22 | This fellow Simon , you read about him in a few verses earlier , he was a , he was a magician , a so , er a sorcerer , he was the , the wi the witch doctor if you like , if he was in i i in an African situation , there he was , he was the medicine man of the town , of the area and he too believed and was converted , he was baptized , and he was amazed at the miracles that he 'd seen being performed by Philip through the power of God . |
| 23 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
| 24 | A copy of the report must also be sent to him at the same time that it is sent to the Secretary of State , and he then has twenty-one days in which to decide whether he will ask for a review board to examine the whole matter in public . |
| 25 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
| 26 | Both would involve payment to him of the same sum of money . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , just let us talk to him for a few moments , ’ said one of them . |
| 28 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 29 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 30 | Just to talk to him for a few minutes … |