Example sentences of "[prep] he [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall be turning to Lawrence shortly ; here it is Mailer 's account of him which is intriguing . |
| 2 | Like Theodore he was a brave and skilful general ; unlike him he was patient , self-controlled and temperate in his habits . |
| 3 | ‘ A touch is one thing , ’ Shannon returned wryly , ‘ But with him it 's one hundred per cent . ’ |
| 4 | With him it 's likely to be money in the end . ’ |
| 5 | With him she was free of any binding love or duty . |
| 6 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 7 | What they 've done with him there is remarkable ! |
| 8 | The problem is with him he was half way |
| 9 | NORMAN HUNTER : ( Leeds , Bristol City , Barnsley and England — 1961-82 ) : ‘ He had two other hard men with him he was able to rely on . |
| 10 | Just thinking about it aroused such passion in him it was scary : $75 million from the bank , $25 million from Antonio , and he , Stephen Reece-Carlton , could develop his own small island in the Bahamas , with a marina , golf course and casino . |
| 11 | I do not doubt that Lord Coleridge fully understood the ratio of that case and he must therefore have considered that there were facts in the case before him which were comparable to those obtaining in Morgan v. Palmer , although the report does not suggest the existence of any such facts . |
| 12 | He came to a decision to which on the evidence before him he was entitled to come , and it was not a decision with which the court could properly interfere . |
| 13 | When I get a compliment from him it 's nice , because in other ways he 's cool about things . |
| 14 | Basil never stood aloof from such practicalities ; for him they were all part of being a professional Art Educator . |
| 15 | For him there is one origin to phenomena we tend to think of as distinct : private property , the family , the State . |
| 16 | Although he does not speak there of properties as being natural or not , his account of the sense in which for him there is such a thing as intrinsic value does , I think , serve as an account of what he was getting at in regarding good as non-natural . |
| 17 | For him it is strenuous to climb a steep hill , because he has to keep pushing his own vertical mass upwards and can not gain any momentum . |
| 18 | Yet Alfred had chosen it as a place to die and David had said of his father : ‘ … for him it is one of those special places . ’ |
| 19 | For him it is frightening . |
| 20 | All the same , for him it 's one of those special places . ’ |
| 21 | As we prayed for him it was clear that the Holy Spirit was touching him powerfully , and he began to speak in tongues for the first time . |
| 22 | For him it was clear that with the expropriation of the property-owning classes , the nationalization of the means of production and the formation of a planned economy , the ruling class was the proletariat . |
| 23 | He says he ca n't get them flying but if they would only sit for him he is sure he could kill one . |
| 24 | I mention this because it brought me into favoured touch with the Commanding Officer for Wales , and through him I was able to gain admittance for Richard to Exeter College , Oxford , for six months prior to his joining the Royal Air Force , a privilege granted to very few cadets . |
| 25 | I know these boots we bought off him they were three pound twelve and six they were . |
| 26 | Like the King in chess the Young King had possessed very little power of his own , yet without him it was impossible to carry on the game . |
| 27 | On the heavy oak table beside him there were good silver goblets set out , and a flagon of wine . |
| 28 | That is a benefit to him which is good consideration for his promise to pay maintenance . |
| 29 | This is not because of Finn making jokes ( which he does n't ) , it is from things which actually happen to him which are funny ! |
| 30 | She reached up to kiss him , and as he held her to him he was aware of her slender nakedness beneath the ivory silk robe . |