Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [vb pp] him on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How the hell did they get to England ? ’ the Exec Director had asked him on the phone . |
| 2 | Lyall , who like the 42-year-old McGiven had his career cut short by injury at West Ham , groomed McGiven in the way that Ron Greenwood had groomed him on the coaching ladder . |
| 3 | Sorge had asked him on the way out of Washington . |
| 4 | In fact his father-in-law had congratulated him on the perfectly splendid bit of crackling Hugh had in his arms in Chancery Lane , and naturally mum was the word , and his lips were sealed as far as Molly Coddle was concerned . |
| 5 | The divisional inspector had told him on the telephone of arrangements made for the use of a former Salvation Army hall , opposite the nick . |
| 6 | The man had approached him on the street while he was walking home , head down against the wind . |
| 7 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
| 8 | Buckmaster had hired him on the spot . |
| 9 | Patrick had briefed him on the reasons for their sudden turnaround in Bucharest and the dash back to the Channel . |
| 10 | A few of his followers had joined him on the dais . |