Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] him in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't tell her that they had brought him here unconscious after torturing him in the main building . |
| 2 | Rodrigo marched into Valencia in triumph , only to learn that his old adversary Berenguer of Barcelona — who had never forgiven the Cid for capturing him in an earlier campaign — had formed an alliance with the Moorish lord of Lerida and El Cid 's own sometime ally Mostain of Saragossa . |
| 3 | Gerald Baker , a Mandan-Hidatsa Indian who is the park ranger at Fort Union Trading Post in North Dakota , once the ‘ Times Square of the plains ’ , taught Mr Frazier how to use a double-bladed throwing axe and offered him the honour of joining him in a ceremonial sweat bath . |
| 4 | Now that her son had taken over , she showed every sign of treating him in the same way , much to his discomfort . |
| 5 | Having seen herself properly dressed again , she could not bear the thought of confronting him in the skimpy , shabby , ready-made clothes of wartime London . |
| 6 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 7 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 8 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 9 | Scudamore said : ‘ This has paid us dividends for our gamble in running him in a big handicap for the first time . |
| 10 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 11 | I am looking forward to seeing him in the French Open and hopefully he will win it this year ! |
| 12 | Such specimens as we collect are obtained without bothering him in the slightest — smears for chromosome checks , the occasional blood sample , and so on , that 's all . |