Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hari heard him beating at the bushes with his truncheon and then he opened the door to the workshop . |
| 2 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 3 | Success in the Caucasian war and the friendship between Bariatinskii and the tsar restored him to favour at the centre and gave him the chance of putting his ideas into practice . |
| 4 | It seemed the natural thing to have him singing at the wedding . |
| 5 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 6 | A chance visit to Blackwardine caused him to look at the map for features of interest . |
| 7 | John 's wife Clare has to stand outside the stable on a crate with Milton 's tail over the top of the stable door and pull it from there , while John has him twitched at the front end . |
| 8 | If the partners unanimously or by a prescribed majority feel that one of their number should no longer remain with the firm they are given power to require him to retire at the end of a period of notice , typically six months or not less than six months to expire at the end of the firm 's accounting year . |