Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 2 | ‘ It would n't be wise to communicate with him in the usual way while he 's there . ’ |
| 3 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 4 | The Collector of Taxes in Glasgow in 1831 was one Blair , and the Loyal Reformers ' Gazette , a radical publication of the time , has a letter addressed to him in the following terms : |
| 5 | Alan Middleton has recently moved to Aberdeen with Christian Literature Crusade , pray that he would settle into his new role in that place and that Alan would be open to what God would do through him in the coming months . |
| 6 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 7 | It was a skipper from here called Sopite ( he has his street named after him in the old town ) , who made one of the great technological advances in whaling , when he found a way to render the blubber down on board the whaler instead of having to sail all the way back home with it . |
| 8 | On top of that , nine county court judgments and a High Court judgment have been made against him in the past two years , including £6,227 , still unpaid , owed to the Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 9 | It was unlooked-for grace that after supper he should send his page to ask Mistress Hussey to be kind enough to come and speak with him in the small chamber the prince was using as a study . |
| 10 | God raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world . |
| 11 | He was aware that it was trite , but the alternative was to express the scepticism that had grown inside him in the intervening days . |
| 12 | His VC was presented to him in the Western Desert by Montgomery , and he returned to New Zealand in 1943 after active service in Greece , Crete and North Africa . |
| 13 | It came to him in the small hours . |
| 14 | Conversely , if the accused can show that the material came to him in the normal course of business from a reputable supplier , he may have a defence . |
| 15 | Where an innocent purchaser is able to rely upon an estoppel , property in the goods passes to him in the normal way , i.e. as if his seller himself has good title to give . |
| 16 | Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants . |
| 17 | ‘ All moneys received by the receiver shall be applied by him in the following order of priority ; ( 1 ) In satisfaction of all costs charges and expenses of and incidental to the appointment of the receiver and the exercise of any of his powers and all outgoings paid by him and his remuneration . |
| 18 | The Gallic chief , Commius , who had been a friend and ally of Caesar , turned against him in the great revolt of Vercingetorix after the Roman invasion of 55 and 54 BC . |
| 19 | If the immigration authorities concluded that Mr Hussain 's assertion that he was undecided as to his long term intentions was pretended rather than genuine , clearly that would weigh against him in the primary purpose issue . |
| 20 | The latter readily agreed , inviting Corbett to walk with him in the silent , shadowy cloisters , taking advantage of the first soft breezes of early summer . |
| 21 | She said : ‘ I do work with him in the commercial world — but I have no involvement in his politics . ’ |
| 22 | No-one could label him ‘ collaborator ’ , and a wide spectrum of the population began to look to him in the chaotic aftermath of the Japanese defeat . |
| 23 | ‘ Steady on there , ’ her companion said and as she looked round to smile at him in the fragmented night-sun that was the wheel she saw Gabriel working at the barbecue . |
| 24 | It is a wonderful experience to sit with him in the quiet peacefulness of his home , the table cleared ( in addition to having had the house duly cleaned by his ‘ daily ’ ) to make room for the Sabbath candles , its bread and wine . |
| 25 | Tina walked towards him in the rain-washed playground while Jack looked warily round for her brother . |
| 26 | She felt again the fear she had known when she walked into him in the dark passage . |
| 27 | I notice I refer to him in the past tense . |
| 28 | She had forgotten that her papa was supposed to be dead , and had spoken of him in the present tense , a fact not wasted on Dr Neil , who made no comment , but asked politely , ‘ And does all this stockmarket bargaining mean that you are going to make me a cup of tea , or not ? |
| 29 | In 1875 a memorial was erected to him in the British Cemetery . |
| 30 | When Stephen returned the following day , the news was broken to him in the stable block by the groom who took his horse . |