Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [prep] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your veterinary surgeon will put your mind at rest if you ware worried , but invariably a spooky horse has nothing wrong with him at all ! |
| 2 | ‘ He was always nice — there was nothing untoward about him in any way , ’ says David Sim . |
| 3 | The way he was touching her and the expression in his eyes made her optimistic as she click-clacked beside him on her high heels . |
| 4 | There must have been something wrong with him in his head . |
| 5 | The abrupt challenge was distracted because she was struggling to contend with an unexpectedly physical reaction to finding herself alone with him in such a confined space . |
| 6 | Roman frowned and she knew he was angry at her manoeuvre , but he was far too fond of holding her close to him on any excuse , and she was finding his touch more and more disturbing . |
| 7 | While the politics of the time may have been sterile , it does appear to have had more than its share of colourful characters ; bogus radicals like A.P.T.James and Chanka Maharaj ; the legendary and fabulously wealthy Bhadase Maraj , who was an American-style ward boss ; Norman Tang , whose mastery of the ‘ art ’ of inscrutability made it possible for him to ‘ develop the reputation of being the only minister never accused by the Civil Service of political interference ’ . |
| 8 | This immobility also makes it essential for him to be on good terms with his neighbours , as they are likely to be there , for better or worse , for most of his life . |
| 9 | Nor is it necessary for him to be serious , at least about Parliament , provided that he is reasonably well-to-do . |
| 10 | ‘ Exercise is good for it , ’ he said , the familiarity of the Butts lost in the fog and making it necessary for him to still proceed carefully . |
| 11 | Never again , except in the nostalgic hopefulness of a few — would the ceremonies be performed ; gone were the offerings , the blood-shedding , the fire and incense , the gorgeous ( and the plain ) robes , and the rest of the sacred imagery which ‘ fenced-off ’ God 's otherness from the people — and brought them close to him in awe and penitence . |
| 12 | He picked me up , and held me close to him like a baby . |