Example sentences of "they [vb past] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 2 | Julia 's questions about the line the defence lawyers were taking were as acute as anything she had ever asked David , and they filled him with relieved delight . |
| 3 | Mr Newman died on the night of the general election , but police released full details only yesterday after they identified him from dental records . |
| 4 | They warned him with veiled threats against mentioning anything that he had witnessed the previous night . |
| 5 | They watched him with sly greediness . |
| 6 | They watched him with unconcealed anxiety , wet already with the light rain . |
| 7 | They sent him to proper schools — the first royal child not to have been educated by private tutors — but he was never just another pupil ; he was never allowed to forget the accident of birth that set him apart . |
| 8 | Whitlock had spent most of the afternoon with them and he 'd come away with the distinct impression that they held him in little regard . |
| 9 | They sedated him with Southern Comfort . |
| 10 | Money procured for Minton the kind of men he needed , but his inability to possess them left him with insatiable desire , to such an extent that his relentless pursuit of young men began to intrude into everything he did . |