Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] him at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion .
2 But I 've got a lot of time for Tom Clarke , he 's a nice man and it would be absolutely disgusting if anyone tried to dump him at the moment . ’
3 They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose .
4 It was four hours later when they woke to find him at the foot of the bed saying : ‘ I 've got a gun and I 'm going to shoot you . ’
5 Kate had decided to skip the afternoon 's classes and arranged to meet him at the boatyard near the Tech .
6 Early in the morning I went to see him at the Castle .
7 The alleged assaults happened when two officers went to arrest him at a house in Cathcart Road in London .
8 His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ?
9 As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’
10 He came back from London and someone had to tell him at the station .
11 Mr O'Donnell was then repeatedly beaten , burned with a cigarette , and had a car driven over his legs before the men attempted to hang him at an Argyll quarry , the court heard .
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