Example sentences of "[noun] had [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 | Buckmaster had hired him on the spot . |
8 | Patrick had briefed him on the reasons for their sudden turnaround in Bucharest and the dash back to the Channel . |
9 | A few of his followers had joined him on the dais . |