Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] him at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 With his evangelical approach , he thrived in the conditions of greater religious freedom introduced in 1988 , but his radical views on the church 's contemporary relevance placed him at odds with a traditionalist wing which sought to revive the Russian Orthodox Church as it had been before the Bolshevik revolution .
2 But startling news awaited him at Naples .
3 Tikva , a 26-year-old Israeli , has impressed on trial at the City Ground with the Belgian club pricing him at £500,000 .
4 I climbed the steps up onto the lock and knocked on the door of the lock-keeper 's house , and through great good fortune found him at home .
5 He shook his head , hardly able to bear the thought of what they were paying out to have his antique father-in-law insult him at mealtimes .
6 His proud mum met him at Shannon Airport with the news that he has been called up by the Lions as a replacement for winger Ian Hunter .
7 Driving back from Newhaven to Tunbridge Wells that afternoon , he had only to think of the empty house and the solitary evening awaiting him at Farriers to rebel against caution and risk a diversion to Ockham House .
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