Example sentences of "him [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 62 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 63 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 64 | You saw him for the last time in 1959 . |
| 65 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 66 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 67 | ‘ WHIT 'S yer name hen ? ’ the drunk and dishevelled man on the train asked the woman opposite him for the fourth time in a very loud voice . |
| 68 | ‘ As you follow him through the first forest , ’ he said , ‘ Remember this , if you can … keep asking yourself the question : why did he fail to return . |
| 69 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 70 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 71 | He was promoted warrant officer in the RNAS and then , in 1918 , the Royal Flying Corps commissioned him as a second lieutenant . |
| 72 | Was she genuinely reaching out to him as a last source of help ? |
| 73 | Tradition anachronistically proclaims him as the first pope — the first ruler of the Church which was to enshrine Paul 's triumph and constitute an edifice of Pauline thought . |
| 74 | But of course she could n't ; she had to sit there and be polite , supporting him as the next chairman , knowing that was exactly what he was , knowing no one could handle the job better , and knowing too that he was one day going to get around to handling her … superbly . |
| 75 | for him about the second half saying , you know that he would n't have said this , would n't have said that . |
| 76 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 77 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |
| 78 | I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy , as both had known him during the First World War . |
| 79 | He claimed a British TV cameraman had distracted him during the second run , ruining his concentration and his chances of a top-three finish . |
| 80 | I certainly feel it was a great delight to him during the last days of his life . ’ |
| 81 | I certainly feel it was a great delight to him during the last days of his life . ’ |
| 82 | Again his mind was clouded by the heresy that had struck him after the first night in Taunton . |
| 83 | Because Pound was not a combatant , and because he resolutely resisted making easily patriotic and self-righteous gestures ( this is what Homage to Sextus Propertius is about , very largely ) , the impact upon him of the First World War is under-estimated . |
| 84 | Maisie grabbed his arm and steered him towards the next gallery . |
| 85 | Where the man was , gone or waiting for him behind the next tree , he had no idea . |
| 86 | That his clothes hugged him like a second skin , hiding nothing . |
| 87 | Well , I can tell you something ; I 'm on my own in this house from now on and I shall see to her bathing , and should he attempt to stop me , I 've told him what I 'll do ; I 'll brain him with the first thing I get my hands on . |
| 88 | And manager Ian Porterfield must decide how quickly to bring him into the first team , though it will be tough to drop Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 89 | For the afternoon service at St John 's , it was Franklin who arrived late and found the door of the church locked , but he forced an entry , and in a rather childish fracas , " put his legs between [ Eyles " s ] legs , lifted him up " , and attempted to throw him into the next seat . |
| 90 | She had followed him in a second taxi to London Airport , taking her case with her . |