Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] him in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iron Josh beckoned him down , and Denis knelt beside him in the cart . |
| 2 | Tina walked towards him in the rain-washed playground while Jack looked warily round for her brother . |
| 3 | There was no time for him to get up the steps and past the door before it opened and deadly talons reached for him in the darkness . |
| 4 | Rincewind glared at him in the hellish purple glow . |
| 5 | Willi glanced at him in the mirror and thought he still did n't look too good . |
| 6 | But Mr Chadwin said when police officers spoke to him in the early hours of the following morning when he was in the car with Miss Jeanette near Catterick Bridge they had not noticed any dramatic injuries . |
| 7 | It is a matter of dispute how they parted ; friends of Hayward suggest that Eliot left Carlyle Mansions on the morning of the marriage , leaving only a note of explanation behind — or , even , that he told Hayward as the taxi waited for him in the street below . |
| 8 | Tal lay behind him in the passageway , in his white porcelite travelling case . |
| 9 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 10 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 11 | Damn it all , we did n't even notice Everett was missing until a porter tripped over him in the quad , so anything 's theoretically possible . |
| 12 | Morse looked around him in the front living room , slightly puzzled to find the carpet , the decoration , the furniture , all that little bit on the shabby side , with only the curtains looking bright and new , and ( in Morse 's opinion ) classy and tasteful . |
| 13 | Carrie 's voice came to him in the darkness . |
| 14 | Steve Fulton 's shot broke to him in the box , and he turned past Duffy before guiding the ball beyond Mathers . |
| 15 | His posting to Pembroke Dock , then commanded by Wg Cdr A. T. Harris , was a meeting of great minds and it is interesting to recall what Harris said about him in the early thirties , and later in the war years : " he was , and still is , the most efficient airman I have ever met " . |
| 16 | Few people can appreciate Basil 's contribution for none of the present generation started with him in the County , and none of those who have come and gone over the years has ever had the same influence with the teachers for he had a diffidence and a modesty which helped then , a lot . |
| 17 | Basha looked after him in the small village . |
| 18 | Little flecks of gold whirled around him in the air , like motes in a sunbeam . |
| 19 | His regiment 's chaplain spoke of him in the warmest terms as a man of the highest principles . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | His mother sat beside him in the dock holding his hand throughout the short hearing . |