Example sentences of "to him at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On some days Marcus said nothing to him at all , while at the same time making it , without word or gesture , clear that his presence was helpful . |
| 2 | ‘ The Prophet ’ had always been made welcome at Priesthill and Isabel assured him that nothing would change ; their door would be open to him at all times . |
| 3 | How last year the crop had meant nothing to him at all ; how , without understanding , he had walked about the harbour and warehouses of Episkopi , and the misuse of the Order 's cargo of sugar had been simply a matter noted and used as a playing-counter . |
| 4 | Had he had the same nightmare at any other time , it might have had no particular meaning to him at all . |
| 5 | And when one of them did choose her , she found herself quite unable to talk to him at all . |
| 6 | ‘ Did you speak to him at all , Delia ? ’ |
| 7 | Besides , if she did not talk to him at all , ever , then she talked to nobody , unless you counted her communication with Aunt Margaret ; and her loneliness was unbearable . |
| 8 | One is that he is rather clean and tidy and polite and fastidious as a person ; the sweatier , wilder , rawer , dirtier areas of human sexuality do not appeal to him at all . |
| 9 | In fact , I do n't see why you have to refer to him at all . |
| 10 | She did n't give one jot about him , kiss or no kiss , and she was going to make that perfectly plain by ensuring that she did n't react to him at all . |
| 11 | In fact , nothing seemed to get through to him at all . |
| 12 | Maggie spat , alarmed that the others might hear and wishing she did not have to speak to him at all . |
| 13 | From his expression there was not much chance of speaking to him at all and she cast a wary look behind her to the door . |
| 14 | The contempt which Anderson seems to have for McKendrick in scene sixteen ( which , as we shall see later , is also suggested by the level of politeness he uses ) is strongly marked by the fact that he allocates no turns to him at all . |
| 15 | His hold on her arm seemed to be doing nothing to him at all . |
| 16 | Otherwise you 'll , you 'll not speak to him at all cos I shall just pick the phone up and say |
| 17 | Do n't know , I 've never spoken to him at all , do n't know |
| 18 | The child 's subconscious reaction remains the same and , unless careful understanding is given to him at each stage of his growing up , he will spend the rest of his life in such a way that he reinforces that self-image which tells him that he is not worthy of receiving love . |
| 19 | ‘ There were few people really close to him at that time . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The coercion may of course be of different kinds , it may be in the grossest form , such as actual confinement or violence , or a person in the last days or hours of life may have become so weak and feeble , that a very little pressure will be sufficient to bring about the desired result , and it may even be , that the mere talking to him at that stage of illness and pressing something upon him may so fatigue the brain , that the sick person may be induced , for quietness ' sake , to do anything . |
| 21 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |
| 22 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 23 | Those of us privileged to have spoken to him at some length and to have seen his fascinating family albums would have known of his boyhood tea with Hitler , his Military Medal midstream in some Eastern battlefield and a host of other incidents . |
| 24 | He comes into close contact with both a teacher and other children of his own age and many of his future feelings about himself will result from what happens to him at this time . |
| 25 | Here John learned to appreciate the material things in life and in later years he allowed journalists to make the mistake of attributing John George 's wealth and position to him at this time . |
| 26 | The outlines of his life are familiar but , because it fell into three parts separated by place as well as time , it is obscure in detail even to those who were closest to him at any given time . |
| 27 | I saw him a lot at the Ehukai Beach Park where he was based , but only managed to talk to him at any length at a party in the hills . |