Example sentences of "him [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horse , reluctant to hurt me , fidgeted and kicked up clods of snow , but the rider urged him nearer until the pistol was inches from my face . |
| 2 | Some critics thought him sonorous but the word was not uncomplimentary . |
| 3 | He talks enthusiastically about ‘ getting back to some real police work ’ in ‘ the real world ’ , even though his responsibilities as Divisional Commander will be mainly administrative and give him little or no contact with the ‘ dangerous classes ’ . |
| 4 | Anyone with a passing knowledge of astrological influences will realize that he was born on the cusp , a Taurus caught in the influence of Aries , which makes him bullish and a bit of a ram . |
| 5 | Sir Charles Robinson considered him ignorant and an upstart and would not use his water , preferring to build his own reservoir at Newton . |
| 6 | The apparently aggressive Musa , tenderly tries to keep him conscious until the ambulance arrives . |
| 7 | Lord Justice Waller said he was ‘ quite satisfied that the Judge had ample grounds to make him sure that the appellants had been telling lies ’ . |
| 8 | He could hear him better because the noise was less between waves . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've never known him closer than a mile to a pick-up . |
| 10 | Tries to get near her , but the wires wo n't let him closer than the bedside table . |
| 11 | The SS leadership found him useful because the Cossacks were loyal to him and he was loyal to Germany . |
| 12 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
| 13 | Well , if you want my advice , I 'd say make him more than a friend , if you get my meaning . |
| 14 | Next is Aled Williams of Bridgend , whose consistency in domestic matches , which might not be transferred to internationals , should have earned him more than a replacement honour ( out of position ) against Namibia in 1990 . |
| 15 | But before we jump to the conclusion that Pound had simply had a brainstorm , or had been trapped by misplaced compassion for Dunning as a lame duck , we ought to consider another possibility — that imagism , and Pound 's endorsement of Ford 's insistence on ‘ the prose tradition ’ , had never been for him more than an aberration , though in the short term a very profitable one , from a way of feeling that impelled him always toward the cantabile , a proclivity that would , in the interests of melody , tolerate notably eccentric diction . |
| 16 | Even the minutiae of the airline business obsessed him more than the minutiae of the record business ever had . |
| 17 | But he felt no exhilaration , and he did not participate in the public celebrations after the surrender of the Japanese ; the noise of the fireworks actually disturbed him more than the bombs of the blitz . |
| 18 | This was indeed his year for honours since in January he had been awarded the Order of Merit by George VI ; some have said that this gratified him more than the Nobel , and certainly he seemed to enjoy wearing the medal and ribbon on ceremonial occasions . |
| 19 | It struck him as odd that the death of this unknown mongrel should , for a moment , anger him more than the killing of Lorrimer . |
| 20 | Maxwell still thinks he can run this himself , pay up and leave with his daughter rather than keep his money and have the case come to court so that his affairs might have to be examined — that could cost him more than the ransom . |
| 21 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
| 22 | She had known him less than a week , yet it seemed natural to turn to him . |
| 23 | She 'd known him less than a week and was already on to his annoying habits . |
| 24 | The man was now attacking Mr Pitt , calling him worse than the devil , cursing Parliament for being too feeble against him , raging — though it had to be admitted as a fine rage , a rage which at least convinced the speaker — against the law , the constitution , the King — ; |
| 25 | In spite of what the doctors said , it seemed to him probable that the accident had irremediably damaged her brain . |
| 26 | When they reached her flat Richard accepted her offer of coffee , then left , and Merrill closed the door behind him thankful that the evening was over . |
| 27 | The following year Ballesteros became involved in an endless , tiresome hassle over appearance money that left him isolated and a stranger on the European Tour . |
| 28 | I give him two and a half . |
| 29 | ‘ Just a little to keep him sweet before the curtain goes up . |