Example sentences of "he in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sun came to him in a warm gust or like a warm veil enveloping him . |
| 2 | Dennis had given us a rough time in the previous two Tests and so I started to chat to him to get him in a favourable mood for when it was our turn to bat . |
| 3 | He claimed he got started after being spotted in a bar by someone who mistakenly thought they had seen him in a male model magazine . |
| 4 | When he left that he did wonder if anyone would cast him in a straight play but was fortunate enough to get Billy Liar . |
| 5 | When he was no more than knee high and as slender as a pencil , I dug him out of the wild river bank and planted him in a virginal garden , half an acre of island that consisted of nothing more luxurious or exotic than brick rubble , tilled chalk and grass seed . |
| 6 | He died in May and the Seales buried him in a shallow grave in a park . |
| 7 | Even if they locked him in a dark cell and pulled out all his teeth with rusty pliers , he must keep his promise to Sweetheart and tell them nothing . |
| 8 | And he has laid himself wide open to the kind of criticism that will cloak him in a dark shroud of misery . |
| 9 | For a moment he remained motionless , his eyes closed , then he lifted his joined hands in front of him in a graceful arc and bent to press his forehead against the floor in silent prayer . |
| 10 | ( For the record , he claims never to have met the girl linked with him in a recent Sunday supplement expose . ) |
| 11 | Clement 's prose puts him in a higher class than any of his extant pagan contemporaries , and he was able obliquely to refute pagan critics ( such as Celsus , writing 177–80 ) who thought Christians an anti-cultural lot , by decorating his pages with a rich variety of quotations and allusions taken from classical poetry and philosophy . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't touch me , Luke , ’ she warned him in a low , intense voice . |
| 13 | IT WAS once said of Peter Shilton , by a frustrated forward who had failed to beat him in a one-on-one situation , that ‘ he just spreads his arms and fills up the whole bloody goal ’ . |
| 14 | No it 's probably er a reaction like you do if you tickle him in a certain place they go do n't they ? |
| 15 | She could quite easily imagine him in a black cloak or a doge 's zoia . |
| 16 | Dane 's eyes glittered strangely , but he nodded , and swept one hand before him in a mock-courtly bow . |
| 17 | Tom 's getting quite attached to him in a macabre sort of way , so why should n't I ? |
| 18 | Having regard to the fact that Parliament has not abolished the privilege against self-incrimination Mr. Tully would be entitled to rely on that privilege if but only if and so far as compliance with the order of Buckley J. would provide evidence against him in a criminal trial . |
| 19 | Osric certainly continued the war with Cadwallon , and besieged him in a fortified stronghold . |
| 20 | She had followed him in a second taxi to London Airport , taking her case with her . |
| 21 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 22 | Ye 'd never have got it out of him in a million years . |
| 23 | ( Zhores Medvedev 's attempts to spell out the injury thus caused to scientific-technical advance landed him in a mental hospital . ) |
| 24 | Well , I was doing this for him in a loving sort of wifely way and he said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I want to get rid of you ’ and I said , ‘ Thank you very much ’ and he said , ‘ Well , finish the trousers and post them on . ’ |
| 25 | All he could think of was : ‘ Keep him in a good mood ! |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm normal now , ’ Maggie assured him in a fuzzy voice as he helped her to the bed and lifted her on to it . |
| 27 | For a moment , he thought that his wildest dreams were about to come true : she was staring back at him in a deep , soulful way that he was sure meant love . |
| 28 | When , in well-cut white satin and glycerine tears , she sobbed , Oh but Daddy I do love him , I do love him , he still tried to reason with her ; but then when he saw her hitching up the satin and running across the lawn , throwing off the veil , scattering the astonished wedding guests as she ran , and when he saw her jumping into a truck , not caring that she was getting petrol stains all over her broderie anglaise , jumping into a truck and not with the man they all expected her to love , but with the one she really loves , and then driving off with him in a cheap pickup truck to a motel in Wisconsin , shouting out , Goodbye Father , Goodbye Father ! as she goes ; well when he saw her doing that then Boy could not bring himself to disapprove . |
| 29 | But then , she had never thought of him in a sisterly fashion . |
| 30 | ‘ Kirsty 's my sister , ’ she reminded him in a sharp tone . |