Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] him at the " in BNC.

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1 A shudder ran through him at the touch of her fingers and he drew her closer , crushing her against the powerful length of his body so that she could feel his heart thundering against her breast .
2 Loneliness stole across him at the strangest times .
3 A SCHOOLBOY was killed when a wall collapsed on him at the weekend .
4 As he strapped the cleansing blade to his left arm , a thrill of carnal excitement shuddered through him at the prospect of another kill , as the bloodlust took full possession of him , banishing the last vestiges of sanity from his sick mind .
5 A tiny shaft of surprise jolted through him at the realisation that , this time , he had imputed courage to Isabel 's stoic control instead of calculated coldness .
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