Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] he [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sir Geoffrey Howe , the deputy prime minister , spoke in the town of Stone to grey-haired party loyalists , five out of the seven questions addressed to him were stingingly hostile . |
| 2 | He weighs 20 stone , and I worry about him being so overweight . |
| 3 | To hold the view that an officer must only tender advice when it is sought from him is entirely erroneous , for indeed it is his duty to tender advice when he thinks it should be given . |
| 4 | The fact that some problem is seen in him is often contributory to his own problem , just as the other way round . |
| 5 | I have great sympathy with Linford ; what they are doing to him is totally disgraceful . ’ |
| 6 | Several times I went to the head of the stairs , my longing to go to him was so strong . |
| 7 | I need n't have worried about him being too delicate to accept my offer . |
| 8 | The man seemed to think that everything said to him was excruciatingly tedious and barely worth his attention . |
| 9 | The effect Jennifer had on him was so obvious that Ann was amazed he made no attempt to disguise it . |
| 10 | Any boys who were taught by him were very lucky , ’ he says . |
| 11 | The girl shrugged and mumbled about him being too busy . |