Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are NO plans for him to return to Coney Hill . |
| 2 | ‘ His mum worries about him coping with the ironing , and the cooking . |
| 3 | For default summonses , " sufficient time " means sufficient time for the defendant to deliver a defence , admission or counterclaim within fourteen days after delivery of the summons , and sufficient time in the case of fixed date summonses for him to attend on the return day ( Ord 7 , r 18(3) ) . |
| 4 | There were pictures of him fooling on a mono-ski ; triumphant beside a huge fish hauled tail-up by a rope , his arms flung around the necks of two fellows . |
| 5 | With a bunch of others voices inside him clamouring to be heard ( Dieter — the clipped-toned Kraftwerkian presenter of German youth show , Sprockets ; the maniacal owner of the Scottish gift shop , All Things Scottish — motto , ‘ If it 's not Scottish , it 's crap ! ! ! ’ ) , does he feel , the inevitable film sequel notwithstanding , that Wayne 's just about past his sell-by date ? |
| 6 | Greeting him on his return from battle , she hands him over to his wife with palpable reluctance ; seeking to calm him before his confrontation with the people , she shackles him in an iron grip ; and , in the great plea with him not to sack Rome , she pinpoints the lines about him treading on his mother 's womb ‘ that brought thee to this world ’ . |
| 7 | Then criticisms of him began to be heard and there were unconfirmed reports of assassination attempts . |
| 8 | Above the rustle and thud of the hooves , he could hear the voices of Tuathal 's riders behind him calling to one another , quipping breathlessly , their voices still surprised . |
| 9 | The flaming juices of him burst into her hand . |
| 10 | The expectations on him to perform as a wit at the Painters ' Table further drained his energy and if feeling jaded or bored he drank a lot . |
| 11 | Many of Mr Clarke 's supporters believe that the attacks on him originate from his unexpected success in the fiercely fought shadow cabinet elections last August . |
| 12 | Sir David also asked her to submit a number of stills for him to look at . |
| 13 | The vivid impression that Modi made on his artist friends , coupled with the resonance of the legend , makes descriptive anecdotes about him read like captions for frames in a film . |
| 14 | For one thing , any hopes my father may have had that to meet the General in person would arouse a sense of respect or sympathy to leaven his feelings against him proved without foundation . |
| 15 | The buyer is the only party to have broken the contract and the seller will be entitled to damages from him according to the principles just outlined . |
| 16 | A later ( later in terms of the Quarto numbering , that is ) example of this type of sonnet , with its disgusted ‘ withdrawal of the Poet ’ gesture , is 95 : The exclamatory style , the notably affectionate gestures , the epithets of praise ( ‘ sweet and lovely ’ , ‘ sweets ’ , ‘ beauty 's veil ’ in line 11 ) almost convince us that the Friend 's personal attractiveness can somehow transmute evil to good , a form of paradoxical hyperbole that Shakespeare gives to Lepidus , attempting to excuse Antony 's faults to Caesar : ‘ His faults in him seem as the spots of heaven , /More fiery by night 's blackness ’ ( Antony and Cleopatra , I.iv.13f ) . |
| 17 | Throughout the trip my feelings toward him varied from fury at his incompetence to humour and pity . |
| 18 | There were lots of smaller snapshots of him sitting astride Trigger , or propped on cushions behind the steering-wheel of Buddie 's truck , or standing in the garden in his very smartest clothes . |
| 19 | Multiple shadows of him fell on the perimeter wall , leaping like pale giants . |
| 20 | His Jamaican parents gave him absolutely no encouragement in sport and little more in education yet his school teachers exerted often crude pressures on him to participate in the school athletics and football teams . |
| 21 | Mentioning his education only in the most general terms , he goes on to say that the offices suitable for the likes of him appeared to be ( tedris , teaching ) and kada " here , the office of of which " one [ teaching ] is the intimate companion of poverty and need and the other [ kaza ] is unmitigated misfortune " . |
| 22 | Col. Manuel José António resumed his duties as Interior Minister on April 10 after charges against him relating to a coup attempt in August 1991 [ see p. 38377 ] were dropped . |
| 23 | Instead of mounting sheet and halyard tail bags on he upstands of the cockpit el , where they are vulnerable to being torn off , they are recessed beneath the cockpit seats . |
| 24 | There was Stringfellows ' night club , that appalling leather suit , the friendship with an aerobic gymnast , newspaper photos of him stripped to the waist , the gold earrings , and his nights on the town . |
| 25 | Instinct took control of him and the noise of the men behind him died to a whisper . |
| 26 | President Fernando Collor de Mello resigned on Dec. 29 as impeachment proceedings against him began in the Senate . |
| 27 | Sadly , Marks did not last very long and he was the first of the Commanding Officers of the four founder squadrons to he lost in battle ; this was flat only great loss to the squadron , hut certainly to the Pathfinders . |
| 28 | The explanation may be that the figurines were not intended for use as ornaments but were votives to he left in shrines : they had a symbolic , not an aesthetic , role to play . |
| 29 | Like Shujan he has had his training setbacks but Armstrong has shrewdly got enough runs into him to go for this handicap and his recent home form suggests it is worth taking a chance with him as he is on the upgrade . |
| 30 | He paused , and all the boiling thoughts inside him strained for an outlet . |