Example sentences of "[verb] him [adv] in " in BNC.

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1 It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us .
2 Not so , says Mr Crust : ‘ Even in this environment , if your house is alight you want a fireman there and you want him there in a reasonable length of time . ’
3 On the smaller scale of his country villa , Richardson himself was equally active , earning the admiration of Miss Talbot who visited him there in 1756 :
4 He groaned and stumbled forward , almost falling against the tiled floor , but one of his courtiers caught him just in time .
5 It could have saved him this time , but the policeman , half nerved up for aggression , caught him fairly in the doorway and hung on with professional ease .
6 There can come a point when a child is genuinely beside himself ( you have to use your knowledge of your child ) and you need to encompass him firmly in your arms until he calms down .
7 ‘ I found him sometimes in a sort of energized depression ’ , said Shaffer .
8 I beat him once in the 1988 Olympics and I know I can beat him again . ’
9 Jahangir now meets Chris Dittmar , who beat him twice in last month 's world championships .
10 He left a Will which places him firmly in the central Anglican tradition :
11 What a bloody fool I was to trust him even in this . ’
12 However , Kolbe relented when Griess approached him again in 1856 after working in a tar distillery in Offenbach , and took him back .
13 My children have caught him lovingly in a nickname .
14 She prodded him fiercely in the buttocks with the tip of her brolly , accusing him of disloyalty .
15 The nurse may also come back in the evening , especially in the beginning , in order to help the patient with medicines , such as insulin injections for diabetes , and to position him correctly in bed .
16 His platform photographs show him sometimes in a Blackshirt uniform like an army battledress , sometimes in a black suit buttoned tightly across his broad chest and a high-necked pullover , microphone clutched in his right hand , and left pushed into his jacket pocket .
17 But they did n't appear to be causing him much in the way of alarm .
18 I never saw him in his blood-stained overalls , but I always imagined him thus in my mind .
19 She went over to where he was standing , looking him right in the eyes so that he could see how furious she was .
20 I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal .
21 ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't .
22 ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you .
23 ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye .
24 To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’
25 Wanderlust affected him even in retirement , when he and his sister Phyllis deserted suburban Didsbury for rural Whaley Bridge — nearer to walking country , of course , and to places he could paint .
26 His climbing achievements are many , but it is his attempts on Everest which have lodged him firmly in the public consciousness .
27 His insights and skill have made him much in demand as a consultant .
28 So we put him outside in the ark .
29 And put him straight in the .
30 ‘ That 's another thing , ’ Candy continued , far too old a hand at the game to be distracted by such a blatant bid to change the subject , ‘ I 've seen him deep in conversation with quite a few people in the club recently . ’
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