Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had sent her , with Ned and the barmaids and Heaven knew how many others watching , to wait for him in his bed . |
| 2 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 3 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 4 | Now he laid about him in his denunciations of England 's political leaders and institutions . |
| 5 | Roberto had written and asked me to carry for him in that year 's Open . |
| 6 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
| 7 | ( Just as she has never believed Christ existed until she read about him in Tacitus — an independent witness . ) |
| 8 | The landowner 's agent may also act for him in negotiations with conservationists and engineers to secure the parcels of riverside land required for habitat protection and enhancement . |
| 9 | It is precisely such a person who can be brought lowest by the hateful things that may be reported about him in a court of law . |
| 10 | He often went out alone , Italian style , and Jeanne would wait for him in the street after the cafés closed . |
| 11 | Never mind , I 'll wait for him in the car . ’ |
| 12 | Although no evidence of his activities before 1643 survives , we know that by then he had married , had established a house and warehouse at Leadenhall Street , and had brought over many of his relatives to work for him in England . |
| 13 | He wanted to find Mr Brownlow , the kind old man who had looked after him in London . |
| 14 | The decision to place Gareth in the care of his grandparents , who have looked after him in the past while his mother was working , was taken by Strathclyde Regional Council 's social work department . |
| 15 | Yes , they have n't really looked after him in the field have they ? |
| 16 | Kopyion had sat opposite him in the hovercar , contemplating the momentous events unravelling on the planet . |
| 17 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
| 18 | He learned English in order to deliver the lectures expected of him in his new post . |
| 19 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 20 | " Oh fucking hell , " Graham heard Mr Hunter says and then something huge squeezed past him in the darkness saying . |
| 21 | The solution was to let her initiate everything , to allow her to come towards him in her own time . |
| 22 | He nearly fell off his bench , groping behind him in the darkness , and heard the metal box clatter as it slipped past his fingers . |
| 23 | It has been said that the surety 's obligation is simply that of paying money and , of course , in a sense that is true if one looks only at the remedy which the landlord has against him in the event of default by the tenant . |
| 24 | ‘ It would n't be wise to communicate with him in the usual way while he 's there . ’ |
| 25 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 26 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 27 | Lovat ended that appeal by emphasising his belief that it was ‘ a most wise & prudent maxim that a man in power should do for those that he is pretty sure will stand & fall with him in all events ’ , and in general that was the major qualification for appointment to the judicial bench in eighteenth-century Scotland . |
| 28 | He begins his account at the point where he is considering handing in his resignation and has invited his friends , the generals von Roon and von Moltke , to dine with him in order to discuss the situation . |
| 29 | His great-nephew described how when at home on Sundays the Bishop would have twelve poor men and women to dine with him in his hall , ‘ always endeavouring while he fed their bodies to comfort their spirits by some cheerful discourse , generally mixt with some useful instruction . |
| 30 | The driver 's quick action helped him escape injury when Ian Hooker 's black Ford Escort car crashed into him in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |