Example sentences of "[conj] it be [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 4 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 5 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 6 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The central matter to which the gospel points , he insisted , is Jesus Christ himself ; and it is in him , as the head and Lord of all mankind , that all men are invited to discover God , their neighbour , and themselves . |
| 12 | Yet his criticism of false miracles undermined the foundations of popular belief and it was to him that the future heretic Blanco White acknowledged his debt . |
| 13 | Since then they had come into contact over one or two smaller matters , and it was to him that Greg naturally went in the aftermath of Hilda Machin 's death . |
| 14 | After the war a man called Alec Howson in Barnard Castle ran the trips and it was with him that we went to Loch Lomond . |
| 15 | A tilt to the left and it had taken his wing and was driving him back down to the ground ; correction to the right and it was at him that way , turning him round and out of control . |
| 16 | He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature . |
| 17 | Innocent certainly knew the position of Monaco and it was through him probably that the pope made known his conditions for the acceptance of Otto . |
| 18 | Well , I says to him , I 'm getting sick of these calls cos you do n't know if it 's for him or him . |
| 19 | ‘ Things might have been handled a bit better — but it 's between him and the team . ’ |
| 20 | Preston half understood this because it was in him , too , but he rejected it , also , because it scared him too much . |
| 21 | This one 's just as much of a prezzie for you as it is for him because it smells absolutely delicious ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He offered no words , though he thought words within , in the Welsh tongue , which had been native to her as it was to him . |
| 24 | That thorny subject , if he but knew it , was as painful to her as it was to him . |
| 25 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | With Sanjurjo dead , General Mola was the Carlists ' immediate interlocutor , for it was with him that the Carlist leadership had negotiated the Traditionalists ' active support for the rising . |