Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] he at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region .
2 In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region .
3 Lillee met him at the gate and escorted him to the middle .
4 Rebels stopped him at the airport but his whereabouts were not known last night .
5 The suggestions included limiting Congress 's powers only to proposing amendments to the Constitution , and allowing Yeltsin to retain the right granted him at the October-November 1991 extraordinary Congress to appoint ministers without approval from the legislature .
6 The boy showed little talent for the business and hardly earned the £2 10s Mr Marshall paid him at the end of the week .
7 When one of his own officials insulted him at a Leeds meeting Mosley knocked him unconscious .
8 Martin held him at the knees always pushing inside him like warm water pouring in .
9 He had a two-stroke lead over playing partner Frost with two holes to play before the defending champion pipped him at the post with birdies on 17 and 18 .
10 Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself .
11 I hardly know what I meant to do — confront him , accuse him , bring it home to him that hellfire awaited him at the reckoning if he did not confess his sin and pay the price of it now . ’
12 Mrs Rose left him at the station and returned alone to London .
13 His commitment to the reform of secondary education was unrelenting ; his position as Archbishop placed him at the heart of the religious problem ; his alliance with Butler — for whom he was ‘ all bulge and brain ’ — eventually tamed the opposition of the Churches .
14 The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career .
15 A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts .
16 John Browne 's neighbours buried him at the gable-end of his humble cottage .
17 The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years .
18 A dog ate him at the bus stop !
19 " His father says that Lorrimer rang him at a quarter to nine .
20 Christina approached him at the reception desk where he stood .
21 He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree .
22 Wycliffe joined him at the table .
23 The man in charge of the investigation , Supt Stan Fletcher , said : ‘ Local police in Newcastle arrested him at a hotel last night .
24 Corbett could only shout at Ranulf to stay and do nothing before Selkirk took him at a canter out of the abbey .
25 His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession .
26 " A noble breakfast , " says George Borrow of the morning meal offered him at an inn at Bala in North Wales , " there was tea and coffee , a goodly white loaf and butter , there were a couple of eggs and two mutton chops — there was boiled and pickled salmon — fried trout also potted trout and potted shrimps . "
27 Wood met him at the door .
28 Fox met him at the bottom of the stairs .
29 He seems to have been retiring to his ships again when Edmund overtook him at the hill called Assandun ( probably Ashdon in north-west or Ashingdon in south-east Essex ) .
30 Bodie acknowledged him at the bar .
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