Example sentences of "[verb] of he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
| 2 | Then she added in a confiding tone : ‘ Of course , she was not much with her husband really — and I think that helps — she is n't reminded of him at every turn , like an ordinary widow would be . ’ |
| 3 | Might not Jesus himself have been rather different from the picture given of him in the gospels and the subsequent teaching of the church ? |
| 4 | How curious that she could now think of him without the tiniest pang ; it was as if the shadow of Max had been totally eclipsed by the substance of Luke — with all its ramifications . |
| 5 | Biggs is of the opinion that Mason would be unlikely to survive more than a couple of rounds against the world heavyweight champion and at this stage it would be unwise to even think of him as a genuine contender . |
| 6 | They do not think of him as a sacrifice offered to God . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll always think of him as a friend , ’ she thought . |
| 8 | He mocks Polonius , but still thinks of him as a ‘ tedious old fool ’ , showing that his feelings have not been resolved . |
| 9 | Then I asked of him concerning the suffering . |
| 10 | The Butcher remained a vivid memory because , apart from my ordeal , I was constantly remanded of him by the dangerous wobbling of my pipe at the edge of that needless gap in my mouth . |
| 11 | He had thought he had not cared what became of him in the battle and he had thought that , when it was over , he would return to the Wolfwood and that the creatures amongst whom he had lived would return , also . |
| 12 | Even those who do not share his political opinions readily pay their tribute to the range of his intellect and the graciousness of his character ; more remarkable still , even those whose intellectual qualities are the equal of his , but whose moral qualities have degenerated in contact with the sordid atmosphere of politics , never speak of him with an affected amusement as a religious bigot or a narrow-minded moralist ; in the remarks of these latter politicians I often detect a tone of rather wistful regret , as if they were conscious in themselves of a loss for which the world they have gained has by no means compensated . |
| 13 | He seizes him and disposes of him in the river like the previous three bodies , and finally gets his pay , the wife being all the more glad for having got rid of her repugnant husband . |
| 14 | ‘ Solid , thorough , plodding , even , ’ ( that had been said of him by a Bromberg once to Frau Nordern — — but once only ) ‘ but kind in his shy way and decent to the very core . ’ |
| 15 | The speaker was short and stocky and that was all that could be said of him in the way of description . |
| 16 | In spite of the weaknesses in his attempted synthesis , the same can be said of him in the context of the theology of the last century and a half as of Sir Christopher Wren on his tomb in St Paul 's Cathedral , Si monumentum requiris , circumspice — ‘ If you would see his memorial , look around you . ’ |
| 17 | The producer Jerome Hellman had seen Dustin in Eh ? and had thought of him for the part way back then . |
| 18 | It was difficult to remember that I had ever thought of him as a schoolboy . |
| 19 | Kelly no longer thought of him as a steward , a central player in the racing game , but as someone who seemed to understand her better than anyone ever had , apart from her father . |
| 20 | As John struggles to find another plectrum , I mention that I 'd always thought of him as a fingerstyle player … |
| 21 | Already he was wondering if his fame meant that his writing had only a contemporary appeal and he complained that people now thought of him as a celebrity rather than as a poet . |
| 22 | Hitherto , she 'd thought of him as a friend ; a kind friend , far above her station . |
| 23 | At the same time he is depicted as a saint by the bishop of Tours , who may well have thought of him as a fellow victim of Merovingian politics . |
| 24 | He had frankly given no thought whatsoever to the child 's name ; he had not yet thought of him as an identity anyway . |
| 25 | But then , she had never thought of him in a sisterly fashion . |
| 26 | For the best midfielder in the country I 'd be looking closer to 5–6 mil especially if he went to Rangers or abroad — but personally I would n't sell him , so going on past experience that means Wilko will get rid of him before the end of the season . |
| 27 | He openly talked of him as the probable successor to the see of Canterbury . |
| 28 | Donald is reputed to have fled to the ( Western ) Isles , and nothing is known of him during the reigns of Macbeth and Malcolm III . |
| 29 | Nothing further is known of him beyond a minor land acquisition in 1538 until , in 1540 , he suddenly emerged as a gentleman of Henry VIII 's privy chamber , a post he was to retain under the young Edward . |
| 30 | She had forgotten that her papa was supposed to be dead , and had spoken of him in the present tense , a fact not wasted on Dr Neil , who made no comment , but asked politely , ‘ And does all this stockmarket bargaining mean that you are going to make me a cup of tea , or not ? |