Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the patient stands up , he practises bringing the ball back towards him by bending his elbows with good control . |
| 2 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 3 | Susan had looked up as she felt his glance and had smiled towards him before moving to the group by the window . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's some deep bruising here , ’ began Max , pointing to Kemp 's left temple , ‘ but the main blow ’ — he jerked the head towards him before caressing the crushed skull with a gentle reverence — ‘ was here . ’ |
| 5 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 6 | I mean I 've never needed a new licence for the last three and a half years but Nicholas erm prior to this in the countdown to me appearing for my drink drive which is in a matter of about ten weeks I believe in the countdown to that , Nick said on several o two occasions anyway while other members of staff were present , Well this is a way of getting rid of him without having to pay him redundancy money . |
| 7 | That Aethelheard 's flight was not generally seen as discreditable is clear from Leo III 's subsequent praise of him for endangering his life against ‘ Julian the Apostate ’ , as the pope described Eadberht , but Alcuin gave Aethelheard no such credit and remained highly critical of him for allegedly neglecting his Christian duty and it is possible that in his absence the Kentish leaders were considering the election of another archbishop . |
| 8 | He believed he had found a good humoured gentleman in Holland who would send him plants , but was critical of him for overheating his stoves . |
| 9 | Indeed , as late as 1638 the lord deputy , Sir Thomas Wentworth ( later first Earl of Strafford , q.v. ) , was strongly critical of him for putting the interests of the Villiers family before those of the Crown , in connection with the Irish customs revenues . |
| 10 | The conversion was from the left and well to the left , but kicker Missimo Bonomi waited until the charging Irish seven were almost on top of him before sending a high , curling attempt just wide of the posts . |
| 11 | ‘ Good , because it seems , ’ said the colonel , placing his monocle up to his left eye , ‘ that Prescott ’ — he studied a buff form on the desk in front of him before continuing ‘ yes , Private Prescott , may have shot himself in the hand in order to avoid facing the enemy . |
| 12 | Grace Road has a ‘ starless ’ society now , though that may change in time with the development of 20-year old Ben Smith , who justified the high opinions held of him by making his maiden first-class century in the first game of the season . |
| 13 | His working methods were very different from those of Graham Rowell and she found she was constantly on her toes to try and keep one step ahead of him in anticipating what he would want next . |
| 14 | In the end I just walk past him without looking at him . |
| 15 | She ran past him without speaking . |
| 16 | She went past him without speaking on her way to the kitchen , and soon had breakfast under way . |
| 17 | His second goal was the highlight of the afternoon — the single-minded determination to score almost as impressive as the execution which saw him hold off Paul Parker and Alan McDonald and allow the ball to run past him before spinning and shooting across David Seaman , from right to left . |
| 18 | None knows like him to strew the wheaten Grain , |
| 19 | No one comes near him for stating the bloody obvious . |
| 20 | But a charge against him of swearing at Stephen Hendry was quashed . |
| 21 | On March 7 he had been suspended from the House of Commons for 20 days after the Commons select committee on members ' interests had on Feb. 19 upheld two allegations against him of failing to declare business dealings in the register of MPs ' interests . |
| 22 | When she leaned against him without flinching away he stroked her hair as she buried her face against his chest , and at the delicate caress she sobbed into the thick navy wool without inhibition . |
| 23 | He wondered why she had turned against him after cooking him such a nice meal and being so kind to him while Smallfry was away . |
| 24 | Ladbroke 's had a book open on whether he would get round inside the distance but the far spicier price would be odds against him in bawling out a porter in Bangkok . |
| 25 | He 'd slowed to step around some soft drinks crates-the bar , although open , seemed only half-ready for business — and their arms almost touched as she came up behind him without realising . |
| 26 | FORMER Speaker Bernard Weatherill used to put a hard day calling ‘ Order , order ’ behind him by ordering a range of his favourite vegetarian dishes . |
| 27 | The gentleman with the white waistcoat was standing at the gate with his hands behind him after having delivered himself having witnessed with the donkey he smiled rejoicedly when that the door , he saw at once it was Mr Mr smiled as he pursued the I am said the gentleman in the white waistcoat |
| 28 | Brian Brunswick , of the Health and Safety Executive , which investigated the case , said it appeared that the driver of the vehicle checked to see if anyone was behind him before reversing . |
| 29 | He gathered in the tarpaulin as a yachtsman might a spinnaker and dumped it behind him before peering into the semi-darkness . |
| 30 | His new found maturity on and off the court is impressing many and diluting the controversial image he has carried with him since turning professional four years ago . |