Example sentences of "[subord] he [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were Mrs Douglas and had put up with years of a philandering , self-important husband I think I might consider I was more deserving than him of the luxury away-from-it-all fortnight 's vacation . |
| 2 | Both Robert Jones and Dewi Morris will be in action on the final Saturday of the Five Nations but Jones — probably only Ireland 's Simon Geoghegan has lost more ground than him in the course of the season — would need just about the game of his life to regain his lead over Morris as the other scrum-half to Gary Armstrong . |
| 3 | In the story , I was the nicer one and would go on to be better than him in the end . |
| 4 | There are worse men than him in the world ! ’ |
| 5 | Although Angel One had been trained in kendo , the ancient art of Japanese swordsmanship , as part of his overall mastery of martial arts , he knew from having witnessed his opponent in action , that the man was more skilled than he with the katana . |
| 6 | Not only is she pretty ; she has a reputation for being more of a Socialist than her husband and far more level-headed than he about the trappings of prime ministerial power . |
| 7 | Here and elsewhere we have been more committed than he in the interests of clarity of exposition . |
| 8 | The most consummate Kapellmeister could not be more profound than he in the science of harmony and of modulations … |
| 9 | because him in the Post Office said I was . |
| 10 | ‘ I longed to be as good as him in the schoolroom , ’ she says . |
| 11 | They would be on the same corridor as him in the Embassy 's accommodation annexe , and later they would talk through the case history together . |