Example sentences of "[prep] him in the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Basha looked after him in the small village . |
| 2 | Thiercelin began to nudge through the crowd of idlers around the stage door , leaving his friend gazing stoically after him in the late evening rain . |
| 3 | It was a skipper from here called Sopite ( he has his street named after him in the old town ) , who made one of the great technological advances in whaling , when he found a way to render the blubber down on board the whaler instead of having to sail all the way back home with it . |
| 4 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 5 | Following him out of the office and down into the street , sitting beside him in the cab which took them to Covent Garden , sitting opposite him in the warm restaurant full of good smells , candlelight , fresh flowers , her predominant feeling was one of surprise . |
| 6 | She crossed the room and sat opposite him in the ratty old armchair . |
| 7 | Hurtling towards him in the swirling fog was a huge lorry powerless to stop on the icy carriageway . |
| 8 | Tina walked towards him in the rain-washed playground while Jack looked warily round for her brother . |
| 9 | Relax , ’ he said , drawing her back towards him in the cramped confines of the passage . |
| 10 | His hand captured her face and turned her towards him in the old domineering manner but his eyes were not at all hard . |
| 11 | The 29 year old world number 14 was convincingly beaten 6:2,6:4 by Sweden 's Jona Spenson ranked 30 places below him in the second round of the $1 million event . |
| 12 | He was about to step across to the darkness of the recess and Lily 's room when he heard footsteps and the sound of voices below him in the tiled entrance hall . |
| 13 | There is a portrait of him in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , vol. lxxix , 1953 . |
| 14 | But it was vigorous criticism of him in the 1922 Committee by Tory back-benchers which convinced Brittan — and Mrs Thatcher — that he no longer enjoyed the confidence of the party in Parliament . |
| 15 | His regiment 's chaplain spoke of him in the warmest terms as a man of the highest principles . |
| 16 | His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington . |
| 17 | His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington . |
| 18 | She was even more aware of him in the total blackness than she had been before . |
| 19 | On the wall of his surprisingly modest flat , a street away from the stadium , is a framed picture of him in the hallowed yellow shirt of Brazil , taken before one of his 25 international appearances . |
| 20 | Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place . |
| 21 | Very silly of him in the first place ! |
| 22 | She had forgotten that her papa was supposed to be dead , and had spoken of him in the present tense , a fact not wasted on Dr Neil , who made no comment , but asked politely , ‘ And does all this stockmarket bargaining mean that you are going to make me a cup of tea , or not ? |
| 23 | Once Maggie caught a glimpse of him in the shaving mirror , trouserless but with his shirt and socks on and in spite of her fear she was tempted to laugh . |
| 24 | One of the most illuminating insights into the character of Frederick Barbarossa comes from the descriptions of him in the Fourth Book of Bishop Otto von Freising and from Rahewin , his twelfth-century biographer . |
| 25 | Rachel was deeply aware of him in the luxurious rear of the limousine beside her . |
| 26 | Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room . |
| 27 | On the other hand , what Alcuin has to say must be set beside the respect accorded Aelfwald 's memory at Hexham where the king was buried ( ASC D , s.a. 788 ) , which shows that the community at Hexham thought highly of him in the twelfth century and probably earlier . |
| 28 | His sportsmanship and style of play is refreshing , and I hope to see a lot more of him in the near future . |
| 29 | It was hard to discern anything of him in the confused dark . |
| 30 | He 's still alive and yet I keep thinking of him in the past tense . |