Example sentences of "he [prep] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | His background hardly prepared him for a life of elegant luxury as a film star or obedience to the star system . |
| 2 | Several minutes rock still and the sentries no doubt mistook him for a part of the shore over which the seas were gently breaking . |
| 3 | In his brown canvas boots , faded blue trousers , checked shirt and frayed cap , one might have mistaken him for a man of no consequence instead of a senior member of local government . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 5 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 6 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 7 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 8 | They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison . |
| 9 | He stoked the fire so that it flared , then reached behind him for a pouch of thin leather which contained charred bones . |
| 10 | There the warden arrested him , imprisoned him in his gaol at Allexton , and afterwards released him for a fine of half a mark . |
| 11 | Trade him for a sack of glass pebbles ? |
| 12 | Alyssia gazed at him for a fraction of a second , then she took his advice and walked back to the house , when what she wanted to do was run as far away as she could from it . |
| 13 | His cutaway heel is world-class stuff , and with a patent in the pipeline I can think of a number of major manufacturers who 'll be after him for a slice of the licensing action . |
| 14 | I had known him for a number of years . |
| 15 | The first reference is a friendly one : ‘ Lord Goodman had always been very generous with his legal advice to Labour MPs , including me , and Harold Wilson had used him for a number of assignments , including an exploratory visit with Sir Max Aitken to Ian Smith in August 1968 on the possibilities of a settlement . |
| 16 | I would ask him on authorisation from er the Assistant Chief Constable , I would ask him for a number of officers . |
| 17 | Ah just ask , just ask him for a drop of |
| 18 | A Panel statement criticised him for a breach of General Principle 3 of the Takeover Code , which requires that a bidder should ‘ only announce an offer after the most careful and responsible consideration . ’ |
| 19 | According to Wainfleet Ruby had asked him for a photograph of the escaped prisoner from the newspaper 's files , passed her hands over it and discovered that Sniffy was in Epping Forest . |
| 20 | He laid them out like they were a pack of cards spread out around him for a game of patience . |
| 21 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 22 | On that third morning , though , it had been Haynes who led out the home team , since Richards was in the press box breathing fire at Daily Express journalist James Lawton who had asked him for an explanation of the V-sign he had given to his own crowd . |
| 23 | On the other hand , if you feel your debtor is making a reasonable effort to reduce his debt , then enter into an agreement with him for the payment of the remaining balance . |
| 24 | The theory is that such sub-contracting should not concern the buyer , because the seller still remains liable to him for the discharge of the main contract in accordance with its terms . |
| 25 | One of the Tory MPs who supported him for the leadership of the party in 1990 told me that Michael Heseltine no longer had a political future . |
| 26 | She remembers the time he was coming out of his flat in the midst of a rainstorm and was approached by a young man who asked him for the price of a meal . |
| 27 | She blames him for the break-up of the coterie . |
| 28 | It is difficult to disagree with him for the conjunction of computers and communications is perhaps the most important aspect of information technology . |
| 29 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 30 | And we should have sympathy with him for the sight of a strange dog — whether on a lead or not — can be enough to make sheep run and if pregnant they can miscarry . |