Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who cared about him to the depths of her soul , even though he was , in his own mind , completely underserving of her love . |
| 2 | Mother cared for him with a gentleness born out of genuine relief at still having him to care for . |
| 3 | After the overthrow of Avitus in 456 Majorian had to use force to bring the Visigoths into line , but thereafter they fought for him against the Sueves in Spain . |
| 4 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
| 5 | She moved past him to the kitchen , where she put the kettle on the gas . |
| 6 | They rallied behind him despite an interview at the weekend in which he suggested he had considered the possibility of a contest for the leadership after this year . |
| 7 | Smiling shakily back and in response to his urging , she sank with him to the floor . |
| 8 | Once , months later , when she went to the Regency on a Saturday night with some girlfriends she practically bumped into him on the stairs . |
| 9 | Just as he disagreed with him about the essential or principal properties of body , Locke disagreed with Descartes about the mind . |
| 10 | ‘ They disagreed with him on the size of the tax reduction . |
| 11 | Jack thought of his mother 's anguish and his stepfather 's injuries and anger rose in him like a demon . |
| 12 | Black fury rose in him against the evil creature who was leeching Ireland of her youth , but Nuadu quenched it , lest the Robemaker turn it to his use . |
| 13 | In 1741 Collinson reported to him on the miraculous achievement at Thorndon : |
| 14 | Iron Josh beckoned him down , and Denis knelt beside him in the cart . |
| 15 | Everyone deferred to him in the casting of lots , and after he had tossed his white counter into the bowl which was placed in the centre of the chamber there was a wild scramble for precedence . |
| 16 | Vehicles started up again and a familiar voice shouted to him from the side of the truck . |
| 17 | This weighed on him like an inactive dreadnought suit of combat armour , imprisoning him ; and he sought his enhanced clarity , as it were , to restore power to that suit . |
| 18 | Fred Archer referred to him as a ‘ pretty ’ jockey . |
| 19 | Some referred to him as the Furie ; some as Zach or Zacho or Mr Zee ; others called him Gentle , which was the name she knew him by , of course ; still others John the Divine . |
| 20 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 21 | I stopped beside him as the other three went on ahead . |
| 22 | It occurred to him as a possibility , for instance , that , prior to being ‘ kept alive ’ for ten days , Dobson might first have been murdered . |
| 23 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 24 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 25 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 26 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 27 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
| 28 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 29 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
| 30 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |