Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun sg] [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am aswirl with him , with his pre-empting , his blackballing genes … |
| 2 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 3 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 4 | How , she asked herself in those early days , has it come about that I , daughter to a humble carpenter and a washerwoman , have become the companion and confidante of her who is close to the throne , who is sister-in-law to him who will one day be King of England ? |
| 5 | He was part of her ; she was part of him . |
| 6 | She was home to him , even after all the other women . |
| 7 | Perversely , she was cross with him for having survived when she had spent the weekend fretting . |
| 8 | But when there 's criticism of him or his performance , or indeed anything which is linked with him ( like his company 's products ) , from customers , his bosses , or even casual acquaintances , Ian finds he can not cope . |
| 9 | Well I do n't think there 's provision for him now you see because it 's a |
| 10 | ‘ There 's talk of him coming back . ’ |
| 11 | There 's talk of him opening two new salons in New York and Milan . |
| 12 | There 's room for him at the forge ! ’ ‘ |
| 13 | Indeed , the hard-liners who always argue that monetary stability has to be a higher priority than growth and jobs have claimed that the Chancellor would be irresponsible in not raising taxes as soon as there is scope for him to do so . |
| 14 | That is as far as there is witness against him . |
| 15 | Mr Field accepts there is tension between him and some Birkenhead activists about the role of an MP . |
| 16 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 17 | For there was tenderness in him , no doubt about that , Lisa reflected as they reached the foot of the path and headed across the rocky moonlit beach , his arm around her waist as though nothing could be more natural . |
| 18 | Per Tjerssen : there was awe of him in the flock of bubble-gleams that were the meanings of his name . |
| 19 | There was gossip about him . ’ |
| 20 | They were murder for him , I could tell . ’ |
| 21 | As a Cheltenham magistrate Cranog Jones has sat in judgement of many but tonight he 's waiting for a jury to delever it 's verdict on him . |
| 22 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 23 | whether it 's kind of him to keep her there |
| 24 | It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time . |
| 25 | But er it 's taking it 's , taking it 's toll on him . |
| 26 | He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win . |
| 27 | He 's waitng for him to come back on his bike . |
| 28 | With his few belongings it was home to him wherever he went . |
| 29 | It was agony to him to dismiss her . |
| 30 | He thought of Julian in her drab housewife 's gown , with her still , tense body and her hungry eyes , and he said , hardly knowing why , or whether it was mischief in him or mercy : ‘ If you need me , apply to the girl . |