Example sentences of "[verb] he at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He told the reporter , who was driven blindfold to meet him at a secret location , that gangsters doused one of his two sons with petrol and threatened to kill them both if he did not co-operate in the theft . |
2 | She was close enough to the dead man to arrange to meet him at an isolated spot without arousing suspicions . |
3 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
4 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
5 | I think you just caught him at a bad moment . |
6 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
7 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
8 | They approached him at a steady pace as though unconcerned by his presence , but they went in single file , Allen with his hand lying lightly on the knife at his belt and Marian carrying her bow , strung , and with an arrow ready notched , lightly and inconspicuously in her left hand . |
9 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
10 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
11 | ALAN Healsey 's wife meets him at the back door of their home every night with a dressing gown . |
12 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
13 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
14 | We see a dancer at a rave , film him later that week , and project him at the next rave . ’ |
15 | catch him at the right time . |
16 | She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity . |
17 | So you drop him at the actual hospital ? |
18 | ‘ Is all well ? ’ he asked when she joined him at a small table in a corner of the crowded bar . |
19 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
20 | There were the two gold and jewelled boxes Müller had sold him at a staggering profit , considering he had bought them from someone facing criminal charges , and desperate for cash . |
21 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
22 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
23 | Next Wednesday , a score of television bigwigs will meet him at a special seminar at the Department of Trade and Industry , part of the D T I 's efforts to boost British exports . |
24 | Now that he 'd told her he wanted the club , Adam would probably expect her to keep him at a wary arm 's length . |
25 | Michael holds Howard by the upper arms , to take in his corporeal presence through his finger-tips , and to keep him at the right distance for gazing at in astonishment . |
26 | Say , ‘ You lost him at an early age , did n't you ? ’ and I 'll say , ‘ Lost him ? |
27 | Mr eleven year old son offered to help so one of the put a gun to him and forced him to lead them to him threatening him at the same time . |
28 | So you could , yeah , you 've got his telephone number anyway , so you can also phone him at the same time . |
29 | So while helping my old friend , I would be losing him at the same time . |
30 | The conclusion that there was not going to be any hit him at the same time as Rincewind , whirring wildly down the passage , kicked him sharply in the groin . |