Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 2 | When he had been given to Uncle Farmborough to be his heir and to look after him in his old age , he was considered fortunate — but how could a child reconcile itself to such a strange state of affairs that he had been given away , to the fact that his own father and mother , brother and sister , lived quite near in the village but , as it were , in a different camp ? |
| 3 | Cowslip , coming up near-by , turned towards him with his unnatural smile . |
| 4 | All day I have been seeing pictures of him at his best ; jumbled up in no chronological sequence — Saturday evening tram rides and visits to the Hippodrome with late supper afterwards in Malvern days , earlier days of ‘ where do you want to go to ’ in the study … the ‘ Well , boys this is grand ’ at the beginning of the holiday … his little drop of whiskey : his fund of wheezes . |
| 5 | There is a fine monumental effigy of him with his first wife in the church in Charlton , where he was buried 25 July 1598 . |
| 6 | Oliver Hill , its architect , was a chameleon who could perform miracles and build in whatever style was asked of him by his upper-class clients , some of whom were startlingly ‘ progressive ’ . |
| 7 | He learned English in order to deliver the lectures expected of him in his new post . |
| 8 | Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen . |
| 9 | Again , it is said pejoratively of him in his native land that , where Morris is the kind of natural breaker who ties in an enemy back row , Jones ‘ breaks at 3:20pm ’ . |
| 10 | Lack of peak fitness had told against him on his first run of the 1989–90 season when pitched in against Desert Orchid and other top chasers in the King George VI Rank Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day . |
| 11 | As a result , Mr Vafa , who was living in France at the time , says that allegations of violence made against him by his former wife and her family went unchallenged and resulted in the interdict preventing him from molesting and attacking his wife or members of her family . |
| 12 | Everyone who raced against him in his good years says roughly the same thing : as a driver , Emerson was enormously consistent , not especially aggressive , very thoughtful and possessed of an excellent racing technique , the source of which was undoubtedly a long apprenticeship spent in motor-cycle racing , karting , Formula Vee , in Renault Gordinis , sports-car racing and so on . |
| 13 | Dismissing Paisley 's support as ‘ a fascist organization masquerading under the cloak of religion … deluding a lot of sincere people … hell-bent on provoking religious strife in Northern Ireland ’ , he seemed unprepared for the reaction against him within his own party . |
| 14 | That poor rash fool de Breos , who had run his neck into Llewelyn 's noose a year ago at this same season , had left a fine bone of contention behind him with his wide lands and his four little daughters . |
| 15 | In confusion and panic he felt behind him with his left hand for the door-handle , pushing the handle down and edging his way round the door . |
| 16 | Though not a conspicuously modest chap ( he confirmed that he had taken ‘ an ethos of academic excellence ’ with him to his original chair in Essex ) . |
| 17 | The purpose of praying is not prayer , but to delight in God , and commune with him for his own sake . |
| 18 | At the peak of the agitation more than 12,000 troops were stationed in the disturbed regions of the Midlands and the North — more soldiers than Wellington took with him on his first expedition to Portugal in 1808 in the Peninsular War . |
| 19 | And once when I was very little I sat with him on his horse-drawn dray at the station with him in his bowler hat . |
| 20 | Deputy McDaid had given alibi evidence at Clarke 's successful challenge to an extradition order and was photographed with him at his homecoming celebrations in Letterkenny . |
| 21 | This realisation is already expressed in the bible story of Paradise , providing the occasion for the concept of original sin , as well as the Eastern belief in Karma , equivalent to a debt that has to be paid , which the individual brings with him into his present life . |
| 22 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 23 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 24 | One officer who had worked with him during his short stay in the force laughingly told colleagues that this ‘ college man ’ definitely had one arrest — because he would willingly recall details of his big moment for anyone who was prepared to listen . |
| 25 | A man , pushing past her , swept the dress bag out of her hand , carrying it along with him in his thrusting progress . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind , and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it . |
| 27 | I look forward to working with him in his new role . |
| 28 | And he calls each one of us to be labourers together with him in his great harvest field . |
| 29 | Ever since I ran away from Thornfield , Mr Rochester had remained in my thoughts , and now , as I stood at my cottage door that first evening , looking at the quiet fields , I allowed myself to imagine again the life I could have had with him in his little white house in the south of France . |
| 30 | I 've persuaded him to let us film an exclusive interview with him in his secret retreat ! ’ it would be a colossal boost for me . |