Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The thought came to him in an instant as he stood , hesitating over whether to join the fight . |
| 5 | His father turned toward him with an earnestness that Jack had never before seen in his face . |
| 6 | The producer turned to him with an apologetic smile , his voice injected with what the sergeant considered a theatrical dose of concern . |
| 7 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 8 | They walked with him to an old wooden building near the farmhouse . |
| 9 | Australia beckoned to him like an uncut diamond . |
| 10 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 11 | Doyle 's attention was drawn by a youth , wearing suit and bow-tie , who called to him from an empty table . |
| 12 | Moran 's high-strung nervousness , which was usually concealed by slow , deliberate movements , was all on show as he looked about him like an animal in unknown territory and tore open the envelope . |
| 13 | Curtis looked after him with an understanding grin ; the two men had a lot in common . |
| 14 | There was an early view of Niki Lauda — affectionately known as ‘ the Rat ’ to much of the FI family — which thought of him as an automaton . |
| 15 | She thought of him as an aging hippy . |
| 16 | Every one of the dead men ached in him like an amputation . |
| 17 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 19 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |
| 20 | And William looked at him with an odd expression , and at first Preston thought he really did n't remember or was pretending he did n't , but then he smiled , even more oddly , and said , ‘ The Devil . ’ |
| 21 | The old gentleman looked at him with an expression of dislike . |
| 22 | She looked at him with an air of apology . |
| 23 | Burger looked at him with an odd expression . |
| 24 | The gentleman , however , being a diplomat , spoke to him as an equal . |
| 25 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 26 | I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building . |
| 27 | As the thought struck him he felt a sudden wild dizziness , and fatigue ran through him like an electrical surge . |
| 28 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 29 | The words burst from him in an angry rush , and she glanced at him in surprise . |
| 30 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |