Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] him in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late that evening , Corbett was found by a servant sent by Selkirk , who announced in broad Scots that the knight would be grateful if Corbett joined him in the outer bailey near the main gate . |
| 2 | His idea of duty took the form of inviting Neil to join him in the nightly round of enjoyment which made up Stair 's life . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm normal now , ’ Maggie assured him in a fuzzy voice as he helped her to the bed and lifted her on to it . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've changed since last night , ’ Ruth told him in a soft murmur . |
| 5 | His grandson Robert succeeded him in a bare inheritance , due to provisions made in lands and goods for the children of the third marriage . |
| 6 | Harry received him in the large parlour , against whose windows a summer gale was hurling heavy drops of rain . |
| 7 | He died in May and the Seales buried him in a shallow grave in a park . |
| 8 | Command of the Army of Africa placed him in a decisive position once the initial impetus of the rising in peninsular Spain was lost . |
| 9 | Belinda met him in the front hall on his way to his sister 's room , and as expected he raised questioning eyebrows . |
| 10 | Former Darlington defender Jim Willis put in a saving tackle on Steve Mardenborough when Nick Cusack found him in the clear , while Willis was caught in possession by Cusack inside his own box but the centre forward 's shot was blocked . |
| 11 | Former Darlington defender Jim Willis put in a saving tackle on Steve Mardenborough when Nick Cusack found him in the clear , while Willis was caught in possession by Cusack inside his own box but the centre forward 's shot was blocked . |
| 12 | Where , I gather , Dhani put him in a Buddhist monastery and nursed him back to health — he 'd known Dhani at school and Cambridge . |
| 13 | Mike Power and Clive Thornton pointed him in the right direction and sent him in like a terrier down a rabbit hole . |