Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slapped a stone down , in the corner nearest him on the right . |
| 2 | Although he was now nearly twenty , he was still considerably smaller than even Mike , who was nearest him in age . |
| 3 | Has to walk after him with little trowel and paper bag . |
| 4 | She had been his housekeeper since he had first moved into the rectory with Adelaide , and she looked after him with a devotion bordering on obsession . |
| 5 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 6 | Dear heaven , Laura thought , trotting after him with her string bag and her blanket . |
| 7 | I heard my men going after him with their guns — and then everything went black . |
| 8 | Curtis looked after him with an understanding grin ; the two men had a lot in common . |
| 9 | But of course ; Dan Ashton had chased after him with it . |
| 10 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
| 11 | He just walked away and Maggie lost further minutes staring after him with murder running through her mind . |
| 12 | She stared down at the disgusting mass as it came away in her hand for a moment and then she marched after him with pursed lips and a determined gleam in her eyes . |
| 13 | You 'll never make it , ’ roared Rocky and took off after him with surprising speed for one of his size and bulk . |
| 14 | Yeah well we 've got a little antique box a jewellery box and it 's embossed the pattern round it , and the pattern round it is a boar hunt and it 's beautiful , there 's a little boar galloping his heart out with horsemen after him with spears and he 's all the way round the box and I thought of adding him on to the copper kettle you know as engraved all round the outside . |
| 15 | Fran stared after him with tears in her eyes and an ache in her heart . |
| 16 | The one thing Phil is still learning is how to cope when batsmen get after him on a good pitch . |
| 17 | A previous lodger had departed on receipt of a message that the rozzers were after him on account of a jeweller 's broken window . |
| 18 | Several times he stopped and listened , thinking that there had been a movement just behind him or just to the side of him , or that something had padded after him on stealthy feet and was standing watching him . |
| 19 | They were concerned to be caring and look after him at this time of tragedy , and he was just not really taking in what had happened . |
| 20 | And before dawn Lachlan left with three galleys , and Hector went after him at mid-morning with two , saying he must prevent Lachlan harming the honour of the clan . |
| 21 | For example Mrs Snell , who was looking after her husband said that she could still manage to look after him at home ; she was doing a little more for him than last year because he was physically frailer and more uncooperative , but she was getting the right amount of help and was quite satisfied . |
| 22 | The Rabbitohs were to contribute to international Rugby League one of the great backs of any era , Clive Churchill , the Little Master , so dazzling there is even a stand named after him at the Sydney Cricket Ground . |
| 23 | The Corporal was after him at once . |
| 24 | He shot after him at high speed . |
| 25 | Berthe Weill shrugged and crossed the street after him to the catcalls of the crowd . |
| 26 | Harold acceded at once and I trotted dutifully after him to a small anteroom adjoining the Cabinet room . |
| 27 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 28 | Really she 's after him for his money . ’ |
| 29 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 30 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |