Example sentences of "[verb] him in an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
| 2 | This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment . |
| 3 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 4 | One ca n't see him in an ambassadorial role at all can one ? |
| 5 | ‘ My brother paid me to help him in an unofficial capacity . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to find the nearest policeman , ’ she informed him in an icy voice . |
| 7 | William Swainson in particular congratulated him in an enthusiastic letter , written from his house in St Alban 's : |
| 8 | Because she turned unexpectedly she surprised him in an unguarded moment of frank sexual appraisal , but his dark , unsmiling gaze continued to hold hers steadily until she looked away again . |
| 9 | That God created the world and then left it to a forsaken humanity , trying to address Him in an echoless void — this idea is n't new . |
| 10 | Manchester United manager , Alex Ferguson , gave England winger Lee Sharpe a vote of confidence and named him in an unchanged side for tonight 's home game against Arsenal . |
| 11 | Gareth took a step or two after them and I called him in an explosive croak , ‘ Gareth , ’ and he stopped and turned immediately and came back , bending down . |
| 12 | His years in England as a student of law involved him in an earnest effort of adaptation , and it is clear from his own account that he absorbed through his reading and his acquaintance a sense of British moral aspiration , for which he acquired a genuine respect . |
| 13 | ‘ A year ago , he was driving a new BMW 5-series car , but I last saw him in an E-registered Ford Fiesta . ’ |
| 14 | Urban 's pro-French foreign policy during the Thirty Years War had left him in an exposed position when Richelieu joined forces with Protestant Sweden to thwart the restoration of Catholicism in Germany . |
| 15 | The angry look on the judge 's sallow face showed that either his attendance in court that morning or Cranston 's arrival had put him in an ill humour . |
| 16 | The father appealed by notice of appeal dated 30 March 1992 on the grounds ( 1 ) that the judge had erred in finding that the removal of the child by the mother was not wrongful within the meaning of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by finding that the removal was neither in breach of the rights of custody of the father nor of the mother nor of the Ontario court ; and ( 2 ) that the judge erred in finding that the mother had established that there was a grave risk that the return of the child to Ontario would place him in an intolerable situation and further that the judge would not exercise his discretion to order the return of the child to Ontario . |
| 17 | Further and/or alternatively , the judge said that under the provisions of article 13 of the Convention he considered that there was a grave risk that the return of the child would place him in an intolerable situation , and said that on that ground also he would have declined to order the return of the child . |
| 18 | To his increasing embarrassment , Montrose found himself bombarded with solicitations from three directions , which left him in an impossible situation . |