Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny watched him in a daze . |
| 2 | His big break came when an agent spotted him in a prison production of the Tempest and signed him up . |
| 3 | A third ad showed him in a bathrobe seated cross-legged on a chair in a tropical tableau flanked man , hugging two freshly-scrubbed pigs . |
| 4 | ‘ Sir William the Good ’ , an Indian called him in a farewell tribute . |
| 5 | TV STAR Leslie Crowther went home for Christmas dinner yesterday two months after a road crash left him in a coma . |
| 6 | He ended up with another sub-par round and the leader board showed him in a tie for second place behind Carlssen , who had played another superb round to be nine under par . |
| 7 | Why did n't W B Yeats immortalise him in a poem ? |
| 8 | Again , Atrakhasis was warned , the god instructing him in a dream to build a boat , take on board his family and animals , and explain his action to his fellow men as a punishment inflicted upon him which would bring benefit to them . |
| 9 | Praise , however , is not something that we need to phase out , it is relatively easy and ‘ cheap ’ to give and constantly reminds the child that his desirable behaviour leaves him in a state of grace . |
| 10 | Claudia followed him in a daze . |
| 11 | He carried on working until Debbie brought him in a cup of tea . |
| 12 | The undertaker took him in a pushchair |
| 13 | Sacko , a UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) official serving in the Central African Republic , had been Finance Minister for six months before resigning in August 1987 in protest at the unwillingness of Traoré 's government to support him in a drive against corruption [ see pp. 36085-86 ] . |
| 14 | The society told him in a letter : ‘ We would advise that as you retired from work in December of last year , you are no longer eligible for cover under this policy . |
| 15 | At the House of Commons he could at least rely upon one of the whips to put him in a cab , and pay the driver . |
| 16 | Ho must have run right into them , for he could see that Steve had him in a headlock and was dragging his kicking , struggling figure along the deserted street while Ray Shepherd followed , laughing . |
| 17 | A picture of the Shah at the ruined temple on Philae shows him in a blazer and tie , wearing tinted glasses and looking very gaunt as a guide earnestly explains it all to him . |
| 18 | If not , the nurse takes him in a wheelchair . |
| 19 | Tom Jones held his young hurdler Jackson Flint in enough esteem to enter him in a race at the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival meeting even though he does not yet have a win to his credit . |
| 20 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |