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

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1 Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs .
2 Every day she meets him at the well , and every day he repeats the same request , till at last she yields .
3 Where a member of a board is not re-elected to the authority which appointed him at an ordinary election , he remains a board member until the first meeting of the authority after the election .
4 Therefore he is asking for trouble , and he receives it suddenly and in full measure , above the groundswell of heckling , at the hands of a divinity student who reminds him at the top of his voice about Fedka , a dangerous escaped convict now roaming ‘ our town ’ and originally a serf of Stepan 's whom he sold into military service to pay a gambling debt :
5 ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time .
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