Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] him on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How the hell did they get to England ? ’ the Exec Director had asked him on the phone . |
| 2 | Now the Supreme Court has put him on the spot . |
| 3 | Since joining BP as a petroleum engineer in 1974 , his career has kept him on the move . |
| 4 | In fact his father-in-law had congratulated him on the perfectly splendid bit of crackling Hugh had in his arms in Chancery Lane , and naturally mum was the word , and his lips were sealed as far as Molly Coddle was concerned . |
| 5 | The divisional inspector had told him on the telephone of arrangements made for the use of a former Salvation Army hall , opposite the nick . |
| 6 | The man had approached him on the street while he was walking home , head down against the wind . |
| 7 | Other people with less ability have overtaken him on the ladder and it makes me so cross . |