Example sentences of "be [prep] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gentle , indeed ! ’ she said ‘ And if I were as gentle in the market as I have been for him at home , how does he think I would manage ? ’ |
| 2 | The England that Pound mourns the loss of is , as it had been for him from the first , an integral province of western Europe , sharing a common culture with France and always reaching out , through France , to the shores of the Mediterranean . |
| 3 | Blanche thought she detected a flicker of self-satisfaction , as though she had confirmed what had been for him until then just a suspicion . |
| 4 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 5 | Oh , they 're , they 're after him like you know |
| 6 | ‘ You are like him in that respect ! ’ |
| 7 | The plot centres around an aristocratic sportsman who in turn becomes the subject of a manhunt : he is alone against the world , but we are with him through every breathless paragraph . |
| 8 | Many who are with him on a daily basis support him because he is their only hope . |
| 9 | Instead , he was troubled at the start by a cold which has been with him since last week . |
| 10 | Such vision is an unusual attribute , but one which the artist maintains has been with him since a very young age . |
| 11 | Joan was ushered into the king 's private chamber by a manservant who had been with him since infancy . |
| 12 | He 's been with him since primary school , it 'll be nice to go to , cos they 're going off to America when they 've finished |
| 13 | He had a house in Gloucestershire and another at Kensington Palace , and staff who had been with him for years , accustomed to his simple and masculine lifestyle and accustomed to ruling it . |
| 14 | To them he gave detailed care now as always : most had been with him for many years . |
| 15 | She was almost the same age as Julius , and had been with him for over ten years . |
| 16 | ‘ And , ’ Claire continued , confirming her misgivings , ‘ his heart is tied up with a woman , one who has been with him for many years now . ’ |
| 17 | He let his house in Chelsea furnished for the year , with the usual proviso that his own staff should remain to run it — he has a housekeeper who has been with him for years , and one daily maid . |
| 18 | ‘ Listen , I 've been with him for nearly three hours , Bern . ’ |
| 19 | The same woman who had been with him on Saturday . |
| 20 | Some had been with him on that night . |
| 21 | Ah , said Mr Healey , Enoch had been with him at that seminar in Florence he 'd mentioned . |
| 22 | Macmillan then flew back to Treviso to drop off the various Eighth Army officers who had been with him at the conference , had " a short chat " with Gen McCreery , and returned with Philip Broad to Caserta . |
| 23 | The watchmaker confirmed he 'd been with him at two . |
| 24 | The interviewer , who should have kept her mouth shut , interrupted to ask whether or not Hyacinth had been with him at the Young Conservatives ' Ball . |
| 25 | Atkins and the other man who had been with him during the doorstep confrontation on Boxing Night were waiting . |
| 26 | They had climbed all over him in Tatton Park , looked at Granada TV studio sets with him , been with him to the Industrial and Air Museums . |
| 27 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 28 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 29 | Burton wrote , with typical flaring generosity ( like his fellow Welshman , Henry VII , he never forgot those who had been with him around the campfire when the crown was hardly even a dream in unreal England ) : |
| 30 | She had her difficulties , too , or she would have been with him by this ; but she was as much the prisoner of circumstances as he , and could not well take ship until she had established a firm and safe regime for her young son . |