Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] he [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked back over the warm , moonlit meadows and paused before the inn , but held on to this resolution , the righteousness firing through him like brandy . |
| 2 | Suddenly a coughing fit seized him and a stab of agony lanced through him from back to front . |
| 3 | I shall only be able to weep for him at night , after Enid has fallen asleep . |
| 4 | Here at Whaddon I have allowed his talent to blossom and I would not be surprised to see the League big boys sniffing after him before Christmas , and Darren to be a regular in Barnet reserves by the end of the season . |
| 5 | She promises to come for him at noon . |
| 6 | Since Alford was described on the ballot paper merely as ‘ The Labour Candidate ’ , it would not be surprising if quite a few voters were confused , and voted for him by mistake . |
| 7 | Do not wait for him to hand you the technique ; you know what the title of the sub-topic is . |
| 8 | His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school . |
| 9 | His wife cares for him at home but this is very demanding and she finds that she needs regular breaks . |
| 10 | The gleam of insulating oil shone bright on the prominences of his face , dimming and brightening again as she moved past him to hunker down at his side . |
| 11 | He begins his account at the point where he is considering handing in his resignation and has invited his friends , the generals von Roon and von Moltke , to dine with him in order to discuss the situation . |
| 12 | The performer , like the giver , identifies with Jesus ' call to his disciples to work with him in service . |
| 13 | The President appealed to his compatriots to stand with him in support of the war , declaring that its cost in lives " is beyond our power to measure , but the cost of closing our eyes to aggression is beyond mankind 's power to imagine " . |
| 14 | She saw that Stein exuded confidence ; it dripped from him like honey . |
| 15 | In a letter from Tangier to Ken in London — Orton was known to write to him on toilet paper — he told Williams that ‘ Bill and Mike ’ kept Ken 's picture on the bar for several days until replaced by a half-empty Chianti bottle . |
| 16 | Rather more interesting , however , to Julia than either Ian 's or Canon Wheeler 's vision for the Church was the very puzzling question of why , when he invariably summoned his subordinates to come to him by phone , Wheeler had today put himself to the trouble of walking up a back staircase to the servants ' quarters ? |
| 17 | He could have taken the isolation better if it was n't for the batteries in his radio dying on him without warning ; usually they faded over a couple of nights but this time it was just zonk , no signal . |
| 18 | ‘ Because he senses that she looks on him with disdain , ’ Lucy informed him . |
| 19 | Whatever people say to him in confidence and whatever they may say in twos or threes , if he had been here when the issue was raised on the Floor of the House only a week or so ago he would have realised — indeed he was here so he should have realised this instantly — that the leaders of the groups might come to an — |
| 20 | Letters to the Editor should be addressed to him at Convocation Office on the understanding that they may be edited . |
| 21 | Letters to the Editor should be addressed to him at Convocation Office on the understanding that they may be edited . |
| 22 | He handed it across to the Colonel who noticed with some satisfaction that it was addressed to him by name and not merely as commanding officer . |
| 23 | When the boy rose at him on foot , none too steadily but with grim gallantry , and dripping blood from the finger-ends of his mail gauntlet , Owen vaulted promptly out of the saddle to match him , and waved off his companions , who would have borne the young man down by sheer weight . |
| 24 | She yowled at him in complaint . |
| 25 | Paul looks at him in surprise : ‘ Why , that 's the Eiffel Tower ! ’ |
| 26 | The thin , capable woman who was taking the riding-class looked at him in amazement as he leaned panting on the gate to the ring , the dog whining beside him . |
| 27 | I shall always think of him with admiration . ’ |
| 28 | If they had important people like er such as Mark and his wife , the pianist , erm you 've heard of him of course . |
| 29 | He had supported them all their lives and what had they ever done for him except wait for him to die ? |
| 30 | Like any actor who has to play many different parts , all Reagan wanted were a few good lines written for him on cue cards that he could quote without having to tax his own abilities . |