Example sentences of "[vb past] him on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Joffre thought Lanrezac lacked fighting spirit and dismissed him on 3 September . |
| 2 | We dismissed him on their information . |
| 3 | His relations in the St. Cleer area noticed the name of their now famous relation and invited him on a visit . |
| 4 | The only clues in the biographical sources which may give some positive result relative to the death date of Fahreddin Acemi arise from the statement in Taskopruzade 's article on him that Molla Ali Tins , visited him on his death-bed and heard his last wishes . |
| 5 | Crowley 's wife divorced him on grounds of admitted adultery in 1910 . |
| 6 | For a minute or two all conversation was silenced while Kalchu bounced him on his lap and muttered softly through his screaming . |
| 7 | Grand Duke Vladimir Romanov , the head of the exiled Russian royal family , and " heir to the Russian throne " as Izvestiya described him on April 22 , died in the USA on April 21 . |
| 8 | The stolen gym shoe , hurled by Snecky , caught him on the side of the face . |
| 9 | A shower of jeers greeted him from the queue and , as he passed the last boy , who was just out of sight of Mr Gillis , a foot shot out , caught him on the ankle and down he went , sprawling on the wooden floor . |
| 10 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |
| 11 | Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees . |
| 12 | Seb always felt vaguely uncomfortable when Melody caught him on his own . |
| 13 | I mean you 're lucky to get that one mate , I mean you must have been , caught him on a real good day . |
| 14 | One week we decided to follow him to find out where he was sloping off to We found him on the roof ledge peering down at people in a car below . |
| 15 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
| 16 | ‘ Two days after I did the tattoo they found him on a street in Los Ilusiones . |
| 17 | We did not let him go upstairs , but one day Tabby found him on my bed . |
| 18 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 19 | The next morning found him on the practice fields as soon as the sun was up , battering his post as though it were a mortal enemy . |
| 20 | I just recall that I got a bit of a shock when I heard they found him on MOD property . |
| 21 | We found him on the floor getting cold and with none of the other monkeys taking much notice . |
| 22 | And they found him on the floor ? |
| 23 | Ten years ago , when Davey Boy was a mere unknown moving to America and desperate to make a name for himself , the Hit Man helped him on the ladder to success . |
| 24 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
| 25 | As preparation for his new appointment the BDA sponsored him on a two-year course at Bulmershe College , now Reading University , for a certificate in youth and community work , which he duly obtained . |
| 26 | He trusted him on India , but also used him on the most sensitive domestic issues . |
| 27 | Then , when he sought to take the oath , the House itself refused and excluded him on the dubious ground that , being an atheist , he could not swear . |
| 28 | The Supreme Court charged Cerda himself with ‘ lack of discipline ’ , suspended him on half pay for two months , and replaced him by another judge who dutifully closed his case . |
| 29 | He had noticed the same man several times during the day , culminating about 5.40pm when he noticed him on the corner of Cross Street and Friar Street . |
| 30 | He was seen twice near the village of Langley Park on Saturday night , and yesterday a woman noticed him on the busy A167 dual carriageway on the outskirts of Durham City about 10 miles from Lanchester . |