Example sentences of "[verb] him in [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 2 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 3 | If he races on Saturday New Level will line up against the much fancied Ringa Hustle and the dog which beat him in the last round , Apres Soleil , which is on offer at 80–1 . |
| 4 | His own oeuvre , lacking perhaps the soaring inspiration of Paul De Lamerie [ q.v. ] or Paul Crespin , nevertheless places him in the first rank . |
| 5 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 6 | What Boy had to do now was not walk down those streets , but stand still and choose amongst their inhabitants , choose the right one to follow , the right one to lead him in the next stage of his journey or wandering through the city . |
| 7 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 8 | ‘ Were n't you surprised to have seen him in the first place ? |
| 9 | We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place . |
| 10 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |
| 11 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 12 | But there 's a big question mark over whether they could afford to keep him in the Third Division . |
| 13 | ‘ And I am sure that a mighty host awaits him in the Next World . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |
| 15 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |
| 16 | You will remember that we met him in the last commercial . |
| 17 | Makarenko also dealt summarily with the Poltava educational authorities who had appointed him in the first place . |
| 18 | She had followed him in a second taxi to London Airport , taking her case with her . |
| 19 | ( Paradoxically the release of tension enabled him in the next week to run up , turn out , patch together , a poetical melodrama about Cabestainh with which the house-guests had some civilised fun . ) |
| 20 | It 's been over a year since Russell kept wicket for his country , and even the England selectors now agree it was a mistake to drop him in the first place . |
| 21 | Well , that 's always supposing you can get him in the first place , because the number of people who have actually seen him , you can count on one hand . ’ |
| 22 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 23 | I thought that Ben had n't had anything left when I had beaten him in the second round the previous day . |
| 24 | Within ten minutes he was on the move again but came towards me very fast and swam into the weeds that formed the roof over the hole where I had hooked him in the first place . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I had him in the second round be he wriggled off the hook . ’ |
| 26 | You never wanted him in the first place . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I wanted him in the first place , ’ said Graham , ‘ but the management had already cast Cy Grant . |
| 28 | I would like to think you could perhaps mention to Peter if you see him in the next couple of days , I do n't know whether he pops into the office but we , it would be nice if you could if you could mention |
| 29 | Either she could say that Derek was the biggest fool the world had ever seen — in which case she would stand , self-confessed , as an even bigger fool for having married him in the first place . |