Example sentences of "[prep] him have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Ari and Nathan went through the shop , Roirbak remembered with mixed feelings that Zambia and Tammuz might still be in there , and then wondered if some evil part of him had been aware of that all along . |
| 2 | It was obvious that the sight of him had been a shock to Tamar 's brother , but Davis was convinced that he had never encountered George before . |
| 3 | In fact , she knew it , for a picture of him had been smuggled to her . |
| 4 | This view of him had been built up gradually , partly as a result of that interview with Rodriguez back in Mexico City , and partly from the bits and pieces of information Ward had let fall . |
| 5 | She was amazed to realise now just how detailed her dream of him had been and annoyed that he could make her feel so uncomfortable by his veiled allusion to last night . |
| 6 | With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life . |
| 7 | Oh , so you think that the whole appreciation of John Major , the whole perception of him has been knocked sideways by the press 's need |
| 8 | Pictures of him have been circulated to staff at Shorefield Country Park , near Lymington , Hants , with the warning : Do not let him compete . |
| 9 | No images of him have been discovered , no doubt because the religion forbade making images , although hymns have been found . |
| 10 | So powerful had these embattled minorities become , that decent chaps like him had been forced upon the defensive . |
| 11 | ( Although Billy had undoubtedly been guilty as charged , the evidence against him had been largely manufactured , and none of his family had ever recovered from the injustice of this . ) |
| 12 | He showed her a letter from the CPS saying proceedings against him had been discontinued because of lack of evidence . |
| 13 | He said the case against him had been adjourned after he said he believed he owed less than £12 . |
| 14 | TORY MP Harry Greenway spoke last night of his relief that bribery charges against him have been dropped . |
| 15 | All charges against him have been dropped and he 's being allowed to leave the country . |
| 16 | Richard 's second victim , Clarence , is also taken in by the hypocrite 's feigned concern , but since the real plot against him has been done through intermediaries he may seem less blameworthy . |
| 17 | And I think behind him had been one of the older woodchucks and João the electrician , except they 'd made themselves scarce commodities . |
| 18 | My father had gone off up to bed and she suddenly began to tell me what her life with him had been , the bribery and the humiliation and so on . |
| 19 | He wanted to blurt out that she looked beautiful in blue , that he 'd like to kill the man who 'd been in her flat the previous evening , that he hoped her date with him had been a miserable failure , that he had hardly slept a wink all night , beside himself with jealousy . |
| 20 | Spending even this short amount of time with him had been a big mistake . |
| 21 | The journey with him had been tense , the atmosphere between them like standing on the edge of a volcano , waiting to be flung into the fire when it exploded . |
| 22 | The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner . |
| 23 | Thousands of books have been written about the poet 's life and work , his family and friends have been scrutinised , and every place connected with him has been sought out . |
| 24 | And if the only deep emotion she had ever seen in him had been on the day of Ben Braithwaite 's engagement to Magda Tannenbaum , then she felt no right and no reason to be astonished at that . |
| 25 | Her trust in him had been absolute . |
| 26 | I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’ |
| 27 | The middle-aged married couple who had been caretakers before him had been dismissed on the spot for gross drunkenness . |
| 28 | Despite protests from all sides he did n't halt his labours until the body before him had been opened from navel to throat , and Dowd 's thrashings had ceased . |
| 29 | She began to wonder if all those other stories about him had been not a little exaggerated . |
| 30 | With a rush of emotion she could n't put a name to Luce realised that her first instinctive feeling about him had been absolutely right . |