Example sentences of "him [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll dump him somewhere up the Pan-Am . ’ |
| 2 | There had always been a trap waiting for him somewhere along the way when Isambard loosed the reins a little , and it would be the same now . |
| 3 | ‘ But now you have him somewhere under lock and key , and with nothing good to look forward to , whatever follows . |
| 4 | He swallowed deeply as Michael Ryan took his hand and shook it , the animal strength of the handshake reminding him acutely of exactly what he had done . |
| 5 | One was overwhelmed by its huge peace , opening to him little by little like the rose of peace in his own breast . |
| 6 | He 'd made his fortune selling baths , bidets and toilets , which lent him little by way of mystique . |
| 7 | Perhaps what disturbed him most about his daughter was her uncharacteristic calm . |
| 8 | We remember him most as the best diver ever to grace the Gorbals swimming pond . |
| 9 | Looking at his glistening face , his cheeks and forehead like apple-skins , Cameron wondered what fired him most at this moment — self-satisfaction ? or a true pleasure in poetic language ? |
| 10 | But Bristol students will remember him most for his teaching . |
| 11 | Was there a part of his career that had helped him most in the development of My Kinda Town ? |
| 12 | The worker was eventually to benefit from better conditions of work ; for the moment , electricity probably affected him most by providing transport for travel to his work from greater distances . |
| 13 | In response she kicked at his shins , pummelled him furiously with her fists , and opened her mouth to shout . |
| 14 | Although his critics rounded on him furiously with accusations that he had unmasked his political ambition , a vote on April 4 gave preliminary approval to Yeltsin 's proposals by 588 votes to 292 . |
| 15 | I prayed to him furiously in the van when I thought I was going to die ( that 's a proof against , I can hear G.P. saying ) . |
| 16 | There were certain crescendos when a particularly macho spectator would sweep a Bisu off his feet and kiss him furiously before roughly throwing him back into the circle again . |
| 17 | Prue steers him discreetly towards the house . |
| 18 | His last LP , Tunnel of Love , a touching , low-key meditation on matters of the heart , sidestepped the quandary , but these new LPs find him rather at sea . |
| 19 | They used to talk to him endlessly about it , he said , so he grew up hearing about ‘ this enchanted world ’ which became for him rather like fairy stories for other people . |
| 20 | However , for several seconds Lexandro 's boots clamped him inflexibly to the plasteel surface like two puppies clinging to their bitch mother 's teats — till he remembered to lower the magnetism . |
| 21 | She followed him slowly up the stairs , and her heart dragged her down like a leaden weight . |
| 22 | The mystery of the communal Trinity was revealed and the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus , who received him gladly from the Father who spoke of his love for his Son , though the crowds at the baptism did not understand the significance of the event . |
| 23 | For a moment he launched himself upon them alone , and Owen closed with him gladly against the glare , though dazzled by the flickering gleams and blinking shadows . |
| 24 | He peered at him suspiciously through the gloom . |
| 25 | Julie eyed him suspiciously for a moment . |
| 26 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 27 | That , at any rate , was what the headmaster thought , watching him keenly from his sitting-room , sipping a cup of atrocious coffee . |
| 28 | She could only now assume that Life had served him badly in some way , at least in his own opinion . |
| 29 | ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks . |
| 30 | Returning to England at the Restoration , Shaw became one of Clarendon 's chief business advisers , and held such a multiplicity of posts that Sir William Coventry [ q.v. ] described him sarcastically as ‘ a miracle of a man ’ . |