Example sentences of "him with [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly afterwards his first wife died , leaving him with four small children . |
| 2 | With government provision , the good or service may be free or subsidized , so that the amount paid by the consumer will understate the true cost ( higher taxes , etc. ) of providing him with that good or service , thereby encouraging excessive consumption of the item . |
| 3 | Her head turned slightly towards him and she fixed him with that blind , unthinking stare . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you have any idea what I felt like when I saw you facing up to him with that silly little blade in your hand ? |
| 5 | I am not underestimating him because that would be a serious mistake , but the greater our fear the more difficult it is to view him with that clinical detachment so vital for survival . |
| 6 | She seemed the same as ever as she closed in on him with that unfortunate overbearing manner , except that today there was an almost wild look about her as she burst out , ‘ I felt I had to come , Freddie . |
| 7 | Lennox has not yet been hit in his 21 fights and if Razor gets him with that left smash , it 's goodnight . ’ |
| 8 | He thinks it 's ‘ nice ’ that people credit him with changing British photography , with breaking down the class barriers , with producing memorable images , but he also seems slightly amused by it all . |
| 9 | They were all over him with friendly jokey advice . |
| 10 | Mazowiecki finally won backing from the Sejm to remove Marek Kucharski from the Communications portfolio , replacing him with fellow Democratic Party ( SD ) member Jan Wiktor Slezak . |
| 11 | He looked with amusement at her small , vivacious figure almost bouncing alongside him with effervescent high spirits . |
| 12 | Although Richard Baxter did n't die of tuberculosis , it nevertheless left him with much bodily weakness and pain for the remainder of his life . |
| 13 | This footslogging — and often freezing — circuit of Ireland , during which he relied entirely on motorists ' charity , provided him with much diverting material . |
| 14 | The King of England in ancient times , he figures in fairy legends as follows : a mysterious creature covered in hair and cloven-hoofed , paid a visit to King Herla on the occasion of his marriage and showered him with many marvellous gifts . |
| 15 | She stared at him with defiant hazel eyes . |
| 16 | If the accusation receive official confirmation , a messenger is sent to confront the witch and to ask him with all due civility to cease his evil influence . |
| 17 | From 1924 my father intended to write a major work about his friend and that is why he had asked Modigliani 's mother to supply him with all possible information about his childhood and adolescence . |
| 18 | The interview had left him with two clear intentions more firmly fixed than ever in his mind . |
| 19 | I could n't help thinking she was like a racehorse , and when Ward started questioning her , she answered him with such haughty condescension , such arrogance , that his face went white and I swear he 'd have play-acted the Gorbals slum kid and thrown a lot of four-letter words at her if he 'd known how to do it in Spanish . |
| 20 | It certainly would not be the sinister Treelike beings who had regarded him with such terrible vengeance in their unnatural faces ! |
| 21 | Caroline stared at him , stunned , hating him with such blinding rage that she did n't trust herself to speak . |
| 22 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 23 | And she really began to hate him with such little strength as she had left . |
| 24 | Sarah affected him with such unexpected desire he could n't understand himself . |
| 25 | The figure jumped gently , rising up alongside Lexandro , and gripped him with one metalled hand . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't be provocative , Robyn , ’ he murmured , lifting her chin towards him with one light touch of his finger . |
| 27 | I laughed again and tapped the screen above a formation of red and green flapping things , just as one of them , peeling off to the side of the main pack , dived down firing at Jamie 's craft , missing it with its shots but clipping him with one green wing as it disappeared off the bottom of the screen , so that Jamie 's craft detonated in a blaze of flashing red and yellow . |
| 28 | She reached for him with one blind hand . |
| 29 | He looked at her with exasperation when she just gazed at him with wide deep blue eyes . |
| 30 | She looked up at him with wide grey eyes , her lips parted softly , and he tightened her to him , his hand gripping the long , wet hair darkened further by the water . |