Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not insulting God but bringing glory to him by taking his Word as the stable , authoritative truth it is . |
| 2 | All day I have been seeing pictures of him at his best ; jumbled up in no chronological sequence — Saturday evening tram rides and visits to the Hippodrome with late supper afterwards in Malvern days , earlier days of ‘ where do you want to go to ’ in the study … the ‘ Well , boys this is grand ’ at the beginning of the holiday … his little drop of whiskey : his fund of wheezes . |
| 3 | It arouses sympathy for him from us . |
| 4 | My uncle managed to find work for him on one of the nearby farms and the family moved in with him . |
| 5 | But his father caught hold of him by the arm . |
| 6 | She caught hold of him by the hand and half ran , half pulled him across the room to the door . |
| 7 | As Kingsley says , ‘ England has need of him as a transition-stage between feudalism and , for many a day to come . |
| 8 | He does n't understand at all , children say things to him at school he 's very mixed up i 'm going to have to seek a lot of help for all the children.He asked me : ’ Am I going to get the bike back for Mark and Thomas to ride on the child 's seat ? ’ |
| 9 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |
| 10 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 11 | Occasionally , perhaps once a year , I caught sight of him at Ognisko , the Polish Hearth , in Prince 's Gate . |
| 12 | Halzman caught sight of him in an overhead mirror — there were a number of such mirrors around , speaking as well as any other kind of sound was kept to a minimum in the sonar room — removed his earphones and gestured to the seat beside him . |
| 13 | ‘ I caught sight of him in the garden a moment ago — at least , I 'm pretty sure that brooding silhouette was his , looming in the shrubbery — and he was n't seducing anyone as far as I could see . ’ |
| 14 | Racing needs men like him around the place . |
| 15 | Politicians are slinging arrows at him from all sides . |
| 16 | I understand general manager Dieter Hoeness , who has videos of him of him playing , has already flown to Britain to see him play . |
| 17 | It was n't just the unmistakable aura of wealth and ruthless power which drew women to him like moths to the flame . |
| 18 | In Total Recall ( with Schwarzenegger ) the scene was all about manipulation , about gaining power over him by being sexual . |
| 19 | The story of how Meehan and his advisors tried and failed during the next seven years to obtain justice for him in the light of increasing evidence of his innocence and Waddell 's guilt makes sorry reading . |
| 20 | From the beginning of his reign , the Emperor made plain his conviction that only by drawing England to him in a firm and fully functioning understanding , an entente cordiale , could France hope to regain her position in European affairs . |
| 21 | James Macrae was an intelligent boy and as soon as he was old enough , Hugh McGuire got work for him as an errand boy in Ayr . |
| 22 | Somebody got hold of him at Edgbaston Golf Club one morning and asked him if he wanted a job this season — carrying for Brian Harley . |
| 23 | Lee got hold of him by the collar . |
| 24 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 25 | She got hold of him by the hair and dragged him to the police station , ’ he said . |
| 26 | He knew the Professor had arranged matters for him in this way , and was grateful . |
| 27 | In whatever form the respondent 's case is pleaded he must prove not only that the appellants acted fraudulently but also that their fraud caused damage to him by causing the enactment of section 18 . |
| 28 | The consecration of Ecgfrith by Hygeberht as archbishop of Lichfield , therefore , was probably designed to enhance Ecgfrith 's position as Offa 's heir and consolidate support for him within Mercia . |
| 29 | If he found anything of interest , he said , he would bring photocopies with him to the cinema . |
| 30 | Laughing and fighting him ineffectually , his grandmother roared pleasantries at him in a mixture of Ruthenian and broken English . |