Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm glad to meet him at last . ’ |
| 2 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 3 | The Russian poet mistakes him at first for a brigand of the woods , a political conspirator , or a charlatan trading in elixirs and arsenic . |
| 4 | Kirov had missed him at first glance , understandably , for-the young pilot was clad in a pair of light grey slacks and a faintly-patterned blue sports shirt . |
| 5 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 6 | ‘ You told him about last night ? ’ |
| 7 | It 'd be nice to see Stubby again , have n't seen him since last year 's Club dinner . ’ |
| 8 | William says both his parents were riding enthusiasts and he got put on a horse at the age of three … his mother used to ride for Britian in the sixties and she 's encouraged him to compete … it used to terrify him at first and he never dreamt he 'd be good enough to compete … |
| 9 | Luton 's Philip Gray replaces him for next Wednesday 's qualifier against Denmark . |
| 10 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 11 | Ah did n't see him at first . |
| 12 | If only I could see him before next week . |
| 13 | You may have to help him at first , but as he progresses , he can tackle more complicated puzzles . |
| 14 | I did n't believe him at first . |
| 15 | His younger brother , Richard , Duke of York , joined him on 16th June . |
| 16 | Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed . |
| 17 | Or had Roman told him about last night ? |
| 18 | Every time she saw him again after an absence she stood aside humbly , expecting him at last to have reached the age when she was an embarrassment , expecting him to shuffle his feet and colour and do no more than extend a cool hand , and she would have held none of this against him . |
| 19 | This was an attitude which , long afterwards , was to put him in second place to Phan Boi Chau in the opinion of the Communist Party which , although stressing the patriotism of both men , especially Phan Boi Chau , declared that Phan Chu Trinh had mistaken the principal enemy . |
| 20 | Now Lamb must spend the weekend fretting over whether the TCCB will ban him from next Saturday 's NatWest Trophy final . |
| 21 | His mouth met hers and her shocked little gasp turned to a moan of hunger as she closed her eyes and kissed him at last , at last , and the brandy glass fell from her hands , shattering at their feet as her arms went around his neck , her mouth opening hungrily beneath his , her hands in his black hair , her body pressing against his as they clung together with intolerable necessity , unaware of the fragments of glass they trampled as Damian pressed her tighter , tighter until there was not an inch between their bodies . |
| 22 | She was almost unconscious and did not recognize him at first . |
| 23 | It takes him to tenth place in the Ryder Cup table and the farming philanthropists will also get their reward . |
| 24 | He was just over three hours late to meet his guide , locating him at last on the edge of a ruck of Army drivers , forlorn in Air Force blue . |
| 25 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 26 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 27 | They wo n't take him till next summer . |
| 28 | He continued firmly , and Faye relaxed a little , as if half daring to believe him at last . |
| 29 | Instead , Farbrace found his way blocked by Steve Marsh 's superior batting and duly followed ‘ Nobby ’ to Lord 's , where the same handicap has consigned him to 2nd XI obscurity . |
| 30 | Let's have him in first thing . ’ |