Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he at " in BNC.

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1 His proud mum met him at Shannon Airport with the news that he has been called up by the Lions as a replacement for winger Ian Hunter .
2 William met him at university . ’
3 I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters .
4 I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst .
5 The Russian poet mistakes him at first for a brigand of the woods , a political conspirator , or a charlatan trading in elixirs and arsenic .
6 ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’
7 That was why Simon Draper was appalled , horrified and dumbstruck when Richard Branson telephoned him at home one Sunday evening in March 1984 , gushing enthusiasm for another idea .
8 Fido 's owners should be aware of this and take steps to play him at his own game .
9 Theodore 's reconciliation with Wilfrid took place in the context of Caedwalla 's dramatic ascendancy in southern England and if it is true that he expressed the wish that Wilfrid succeed him at Canterbury ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 43 ) this may have been in recognition of Caedwalla 's new regime with which Wilfrid was associated .
10 Ron does n't remember this tall , slightly gawky figure approaching him at all .
11 Tikva , a 26-year-old Israeli , has impressed on trial at the City Ground with the Belgian club pricing him at £500,000 .
12 Monaco despatched a scout to trail him at Bournemouth the following week , and they will use the next couple of days to decide whether to gamble on bringing Lambert to Europe 's gambling capital .
13 KEVIN KEEGAN has had secret talks with Newcastle directors in a bid to keep him at St James 's Park .
14 The Wembley midfielder launched a sensational attack on the ‘ Caring Club ’ and accused them of not caring enough in their bid to keep him at Roker Park .
15 And Garbett wanted Ramsey to succeed him at York .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Marie had him at her mercy .
19 The opening scenes of this fractious heist movie see him at his most acute .
20 Hari recognized him at once , he was the friend of Edward Morris , she had seen him earlier sitting before the fire in the comfortable house on Chapel Street .
21 The president , meanwhile , stood high in the public opinion polls after the attempt to assassinate him at the end of March .
22 The night sweats frightened him at first .
23 Lillee met him at the gate and escorted him to the middle .
24 One of the first on the scene to treat him at Bath was full back Jon Webb , an orthopaedic surgeon .
25 Jane met him at the front door .
26 Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt .
27 ‘ No , ’ he said , a soft laugh escaping him at her obvious embarrassment .
28 Rather they would have been bound by Roxborough 's edict to destroy him at whatever cost to their bodies , souls or sanity that might entail .
29 The T. S. Eliot Lectures show him at his best — relaxed , immensely well read and decisive .
30 Shattered after losing his young second wife , he moved to Bath , then in its social heyday , where a benign-looking portrait shows him at seventy , grasping a book entitled Views of Painshill .
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