Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] him in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he passed Garry he pretended to punch him in the arm . |
| 2 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 3 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 4 | He then tried to toss him in the air . |
| 5 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 6 | I decided to phone him in the evening . |
| 7 | I decided to telephone him in the hope that he was still soothing his habitual hangover with buckets of orange juice , followed by gallons of coffee . |
| 8 | If they chose to greet him in the street , he did not acknowledge them . |
| 9 | Their theme was simplicity itself : the precentor wished to become a monk ; the bishop wished to retain him in the service of the cathedral . |
| 10 | Sir Alec Guinness 's head refused to put him in the school play — thinking he would never make it as an actor . |
| 11 | He is refreshingly straightforward and forthright , embarrassing Labour 's image makers who attempted to keep him in the background as much as possible during the election campaign . |
| 12 | ‘ John was away a great deal , Laura and I travelled to join him in the constituency when we could and inevitably there was uncertainty and strain in the air . ’ |