Example sentences of "him [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mach studied him thoughtfully a moment , then nodded . |
| 2 | She had brought the baby to the Lab to see him only a fortnight ago . |
| 3 | I guess that over the last six years television has given him only a quarter of her exposure . |
| 4 | On one occasion , he screamed for the guards , saying someone had stolen the contents of his Red Cross Parcel , leaving him only a tin of beans and of jam . |
| 5 | Had he imagined it , or had Chung Hu-yan come to him only an hour back with news of another attack ? |
| 6 | Was the reservation letter received by him merely a promise as to the future or was it a statement of present fact ? |
| 7 | The only gossip which came back to Lucien was that Amber thought him too plain in appearance to work well with Jeopardy , and considered him merely a tool that her lover was using in an attempt to provoke her . |
| 8 | ‘ And do n't you fancy him just a jot ? ’ |
| 9 | Oh , sometimes it was irritating , even downright infuriating to look round and see him just a couple of paces away , but she only had to look into those dark eyes to feel that treacherous quiver of desire deep in the pit of her stomach . |
| 10 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 11 | Each day the retreatant has a few suggested passages given by his director who meets him once a day for sharing and reflection . |
| 12 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 13 | Peers visit him once a month to hand over expenses forms on which they specify the days they have attended the Chamber for debates . |
| 14 | The FO telephoned him once a week , to keep in touch . |
| 15 | But he said nothing of this , merely noted down her address , sighed a little at it , and made his latest recruit promise to visit him once a week with her piece . |
| 16 | ‘ It came to the stage when I was married to Michael but seeing him once a week , ’ said Gabrielle . |
| 17 | General Yang 's fall goes unlamented among professional PLA men who considered him more a politician than a soldier . |
| 18 | He was surprised to see Mrs Brocklebank and slightly more surprised to see Ben Brocklebank whom he had never absolutely believed in before , thinking him more an excuse than a man , someone Mrs B. sheltered behind when it suited her not to do something . |
| 19 | He served as president of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Italian Royal College of Science ; the latter made him automatically a member of the council of the Fascist party and entitled him to be addressed as His Excellency . |
| 20 | It took him nearly an hour to assemble the rest of the stick who had been dragged all over the desert by their parachutes . |
| 21 | He says it took him about a year to recover but now he 's fine here . |
| 22 | She 'd left a message for him about an hour before , within minutes of receiving a call from the foresters ' agents . |
| 23 | I hope all of you know or have met this good friend of the Hundred I 'm sure that most of you have and he has with him today a guest from Germany , Herr and his charming daughter er and Mr was a member of the and has provided invaluable information here , who as you know is doing a , a comprehensive book on the monster mission and in commemoration of what we have done today , we have a letter addressed to er the Hundredth Bomb Group Memorial Association U K , from the Most Reverend Doctor the Bishop of Munster which I would like to read to you . |
| 24 | Philip went to see him twice a day , encouraged by Claudia , who hoped the child would make up to him for Eileen . |
| 25 | His wife April just scrapes enough money together to make the hundred and fifty mile round trip to see him twice a week |
| 26 | I can only afford to go to see him twice a week . |
| 27 | Years at an English public school , punctuated by all-too-brief holidays in Italy , had made him almost a stranger within his family . |
| 28 | There were plenty of wild places downstream where he could wade ashore , and then — well , if the Patrician really had sent out word about him then a change of clothing and a shave should take care of that . |
| 29 | ‘ You must have brought him quite a way ? ’ |
| 30 | Gervaise knew of his existence before he died , and although he was n't able to acknowledge his son , he left him quite a fortune . ’ |