Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] him in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I think the American woman has upset him in some way , " she continued in a quiet voice . |
| 2 | One reporter who came to interview him in this period noticed how he looked as if he might collapse from " lack of nourishment , insomnia and fatigue " , and an acquaintance described him thus : " His face was pale as baker 's bread … he smoked and between exhalations he hacked a dry , deathly smoker 's hack Eliot was cadaverous . " |
| 3 | That the German audience is not deaf to beauty of tone production as some have been so foolish to pretend , is shown by the enormous enthusiasm with which Battistini is greeted when he sings in Germany , to say nothing of Caruso , although one hesitates to mention him in such proximity to so transcendent an artist as Battistini . ’ |
| 4 | The question seemed to amuse him in some way . |
| 5 | And we 've got to include him in some crime as soon as we can . |
| 6 | A lot of people would like to join him in those sentiments … |
| 7 | Such examples lead on to Nagel 's definition of moral luck : ‘ Where a significant aspect of what someone does depends upon factors beyond his control , yet we continue to treat him in that respect as an object of moral judgment , it can be called moral luck . |
| 8 | Having known him in this country and having travelled around Israel with him , I know that he is tough and resilient . |
| 9 | So I must have failed him in some way , to make him not like me , as well as him failing me . |
| 10 | Naturally I would n't want to get him in any trouble . ’ |
| 11 | His face seemed familiar somehow , and yet I could n't recall seeing him in this place before . |
| 12 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 13 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
| 14 | He had been trained to recognise anybody who had served under him , or who had helped him in any way . |
| 15 | Sarah Fleming had unsettled him in more ways than one . |
| 16 | I wondered if I had offended him in some way . |
| 17 | She had liked him in those days and some of that liking still remained , resented , only half-acknowledged , but bound up with memories of sunlit walks in Port Meadow , luncheon and laughter in Hugo 's rooms , with the years of hope and promise . |
| 18 | When he stood there was blood all over the white shirt his mother had dressed him in that morning . |
| 19 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Potter , I 've upset him in some way . |
| 21 | If a horse is being naughty then you have to punish him in some way — but do n't punish him if he does n't understand or is physically incapable of doing what you 've asked . ’ |
| 22 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |