Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] him [adv] in the " in BNC.

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1 I was at the time very concerned , because he was posted almost immediately to North Africa , and there was no chance of helping him forward in the early days of his Christian life .
2 The Scot said : ‘ I was one punch away from knocking him out in the fifth and if I had n't been injured , I would have finished him . ’
3 Moustaine walked through the ranks , stuck his fingers into Haines 's mouth and proceeded to pull out the half-chewed food , before hitting him hard in the solar plexus .
4 Patricia was rowed for leaving him behind in the cinema .
5 And it was obvious why — pure unadulterated jealousy at meeting him again in the presence of the lovely Maria Luisa .
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