Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] him in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 2 | A wave slapped him in the mouth . |
| 3 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 4 | Haines fell over and a Corporal kicked him in the stomach , shouting at him to stand up . |
| 5 | A policeman found him in the river near Waterloo station . |
| 6 | A chill caught him in the stomach . |
| 7 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 8 | Then the unit going to Belfast , and the day a sniper killed him in the Crumlin Road . |
| 9 | It 's been over a year since Russell kept wicket for his country , and even the England selectors now agree it was a mistake to drop him in the first place . |
| 10 | Robert Harris established his name many years ago as a designer of sound blue water cruising yachts , so it was no surprise when a couple tackled him in the late 1960s to design for them a small yacht that would take them from Canada to New Zealand in both comfort and safety . |
| 11 | The Yak banked again , came in fast , cannon shell punching into the Stork and Farber cried out as a bullet caught him in the shoulder . |
| 12 | In 1318 , after an attempt to poison him in the previous year , John XXII thanked Margaret for sending him ‘ a certain knife-handle in serpentine form ’ which was reputed to detect poison . |
| 13 | His big break came when an agent spotted him in a prison production of the Tempest and signed him up . |
| 14 | ‘ Sir William the Good ’ , an Indian called him in a farewell tribute . |