Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] him [adv] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The miniature St Christopher on it had a brief treat before Sorrel cooled him off in no uncertain terms . |
| 2 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 3 | This consisted of enrolling one 's child in a private playschool , which sent a car to pick him up in the morning and deposit him back on his own doorstep in the late afternoon . |
| 4 | Inspector Berret 's suspicions intensified when Alice James and another witness picked him out in a line-up . |
| 5 | He is n't here by accident , and your news about an unofficial hunt being launched for the boy sent him off in a hurry to this place . ’ |
| 6 | Now it was drawing to its end she gathered the courage to look him straight in the face . |
| 7 | When he first struck up a friendship with Joanna , he could never have suspected it would one day put him firmly in the frame in a potential murder investigation . |
| 8 | Horne should have increased Everton 's lead when Ebbrell 's ball put him through in the 62nd minute but he delayed too long . |
| 9 | The beastly blob wipes him out in a story in America 's DC Superman comics . |
| 10 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 11 | Patrick was studying medicine , and it was her wish to set him up in a practice of his own one day . |
| 12 | But since Rayful 's father started him off in the business with a packet of cocaine from New York , prosecutors allege that Mr Edmond has built up a vast business concern , generating sales of up to $2m ( £1.25m ) a week . |
| 13 | Summoning her courage , Folly looked him squarely in the face . |
| 14 | When in the winter of 838 – 9 Louis the German rebelled openly , the emperor crushed him completely in a swift campaign , and sent him back to Bavaria . |
| 15 | The engine was less than five yards away when he felt a hand shove him hard in the small of the back . |
| 16 | As he did so a jolt of static electricity hit him right in the tip of his unrestrained bobber . |
| 17 | ‘ I think Oswald was about to tell us , ’ I replied , ‘ before someone 's dagger took him firmly in the back . |
| 18 | When his mother rigs him out in a pretty pink frock to wear to school ( ‘ What 's a frock ? ’ said my son . |
| 19 | He thought of the pattern of his visit so far ; the revelation of Rose McGarry 's death ; the discovery of the swan ; Jos 's warning ( had it been Jos 's strong arm holding him back in the dream ? ) ; and this most recent sign , which at the very least told him that someone had entered his room , his own sanctuary . |
| 20 | His honest , square-jawed and faintly familiar face served him well in the real estate business . |
| 21 | The uncharacteristic profanity brought him around in the chair . |