Example sentences of "[vb past] him at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout much of 1948 Minton had been working up oils based on his drawings and watercolours of Corsica for an exhibition at the Lefevre , initially promised him at the end of that year but not mounted until February 1949 . |
| 2 | Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs . |
| 3 | He had a two-stroke lead over playing partner Frost with two holes to play before the defending champion pipped him at the post with birdies on 17 and 18 . |
| 4 | John Browne 's neighbours buried him at the gable-end of his humble cottage . |
| 5 | The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers . |
| 6 | The boy showed little talent for the business and hardly earned the £2 10s Mr Marshall paid him at the end of the week . |
| 7 | His commitment to the reform of secondary education was unrelenting ; his position as Archbishop placed him at the heart of the religious problem ; his alliance with Butler — for whom he was ‘ all bulge and brain ’ — eventually tamed the opposition of the Churches . |
| 8 | I expect that 's what he thought he was going to when you grabbed him at the end of the war . |
| 9 | Benedict 's pulse began to beat in his throat , and he fought vainly against that familiar rush of heat to his blood that invariably engulfed him at the sight of her . |
| 10 | After the king 's death in 1223 , he pledged his support for Philip 's son Louis VII , but deserted him at the siege of Avignon in 1226 . |
| 11 | The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career . |
| 12 | Garvey , anxious to keep their line of work secret , met him at the foot of the ladder with whispered protests and badly disguised anger . |
| 13 | ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house . |
| 14 | Fox met him at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 15 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 16 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |
| 17 | Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself . |
| 18 | As for the withdrawal from the battlefield of Robert Bossu , that restless , conscientious , subtle and efficient man , it was a model of consideration and tact , as always , with a quiet word to Abbot Radulfus , and a sharp glance at his two squires , who understood him at the lift of an eyebrow or the flash of a smile . |
| 19 | The question in Hunt 's mind , when I saw him at the beginning of the 1976 season , was whether changing teams and style was going to make a substantial difference in his way of life : in his informality , his private life , his sense of his own personal liberty . |
| 20 | She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct . |
| 21 | Captain Ian Farquhar ( 47 ) , of the Beaufort Hunt , was said to be planning an appeal after North Avon magistrates at Yate , near Bristol , convicted him at the end of a three-day trial yesterday . |
| 22 | He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree . |
| 23 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 24 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 25 | He remembered him at the funeral of his mother . |
| 26 | Rogers and Brett immediately flanked him at the foot of the steps and walked with him as he shook hands with each member of the Zimbalan mission in turn . |
| 27 | I replaced him at the table opposite Werewolf who was staring into his tomato juice . |
| 28 | Although booted and plastered with mud and out of temper with herself and with him , she deposited him at the drawbridge of Sigouri in just over an hour . |
| 29 | I remember when Mike was a baby and I went home with my shopping and left him at the check-out in Sainsbury 's . |