Example sentences of "[pron] is [prep] him " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I felt that Ben panicked in our race in Seville , ’ Carl said , ‘ and if someone is with him at sixty metres then I think he is vulnerable . ’
2 However , he says he is glad to have had an experience which afforded him ‘ unique access ’ to what he calls ‘ The Grand Theme : Life and Death ’ and to have lived through a slice of contemporary history , which is for him an important interest .
3 However , he says he is glad to have had an experience which afforded him ‘ unique access ’ to what he calls ‘ The Grand Theme : Life and Death ’ and to have lived through a slice of contemporary history , which is for him an important interest .
4 ‘ What person can know a man 's thoughts , ’ he asks , ‘ except the spirit of the man which is in him ?
5 Poor Lucy , he 's a dreadful embarrassment to her , nearly as bad as she is to him . ’
6 She is with him often .
7 And it would be very interesting to know where his travels take him — I 'm not talking about his yacht cruises when she is with him — and why they take him there . ’
8 That she would come here , knowing that she would see nothing , makes me realise how infatuated she is with him . ’
9 She is behind him now , holding him , her breasts warm against his back .
10 Who is with him ? ’ said Cormac .
11 Because to the pope because that 's the only one is still can complain to , the other one is to him .
12 Yet there is in him something that neither arises out of culture nor contributes directly to it .
13 The figure of Mercy points to the nature of the redemptive process : Later still , Julian of Norwich , whose mystical experience arose out of meditation on the Passion , defined her sense of a dynamic power of divine love working to process the effects of sin as the work of Christ : " and there is in him bleding and praying for us to the Father — and is and shall be as long as it nedith " .
14 It would be convenient to report that Ross Cranston 's performance was as immaculate as his appearance or that it is on him that the smart money will be laid .
15 Consequently , it is to him that the European world owes a uniform calendar corresponding to the needs of a universal society and based upon the Christian year .
16 He is the chief executive and administrative officer of the local authority , and it is to him in the end that the council must turn to see that the decisions of the council are executed .
17 It is to him that the most certain benefit of holding more surgeries would accrue : they would give proof of availability and sympathetic concern and increase the number of his personal contacts .
18 The landowner , Lord Wharncliffe , conscious of the loss of one of Britain 's greatest natural assets , immediately instructed his workmen to reconstruct the lip exactly as it was before , and it is to him that we now owe the sight of Hardraw Force in all its almost-original splendour .
19 It is to him we go when we need support .
20 ‘ We shall send to you , Khan , and you shall advise us — but Alexei shall lead them , and it is to him we shall issue our patent . ’
21 If we want to understand and possess the Spirit in his fullness , we need to keep our eyes firmly on Christ himself , for it is to him that all the Spirit 's authentic witness is directed .
22 Funakoshi 's son , Yoshitaka , became something of a driving force behind his father 's club , and it is to him that the famous ‘ mawashi geri ’ , or roundhouse kick , is accredited .
23 An interesting case study , thought Juliet — I suppose that 's all it is to him .
24 Broadly speaking , the higher a person is in the management structure , the more essential it is for him or her to be given work when it is available .
25 This one 's just as much of a prezzie for you as it is for him because it smells absolutely delicious !
26 I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … "
27 We have a resource which Jeremiah did n't have , but St–Paul did — the companionship of the Holy Spirit , to be the strength when our work leads to tears , and to be the encourager whatever we do and wherever we do it , so long as it is for Him .
28 He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia .
29 Under the Electricity Act 1989 , it is for him to decide on the methodology for developing renewable energy in Scotland .
30 The legislation does therefore not set up any presumption in the employee 's favour ; rather it is for him as claimant to lead evidence which tends to establish that it is more likely than not the employer gained from possession of the patent .
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