Example sentences of "[verb] him at [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 | 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 … |
| 7 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 8 | Ah did n't see him at first . |
| 9 | You may have to help him at first , but as he progresses , he can tackle more complicated puzzles . |
| 10 | I did n't believe him at first . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She was almost unconscious and did not recognize him at first . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 17 | He continued firmly , and Faye relaxed a little , as if half daring to believe him at last . |
| 18 | The night sweats frightened him at first . |
| 19 | After several attempts he got him at last on a bad telephone line . |
| 20 | I did n't fancy him at first , not particularly . |
| 21 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 22 | A conducted tour of the house by the whole family , brought him at last to the top floor where his bedroom was proudly displayed , which , though huge and filled with awesome furniture of hideous elaboration , impressed him less than the meticulous care with which his soldier servant — batman was apparently a naughty word in the Guards — had unpacked his belongings and laid all essentials neatly in the right places . |
| 23 | You may need to watch him at first , so that you can clean and dress any grazes or cuts immediately . |
| 24 | She saw him at last , but she did n't signal back , she clutched her bag and froze , staring , and the man beside her turned round . |
| 25 | I liked him at first , but … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ she answered him at last , in a brisk , matter-of-fact tone that concealed , she hoped , all that she was feeling . |
| 27 | ‘ Ah , Thiercelin , ’ said Epitot , spotting him at last . |
| 28 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |
| 29 | The driver could n't find him at first as only the top of his helmet was visible . |
| 30 | I thought he looked so lost and unhappy that I just wanted to comfort him at first , and Chris says he just thought I was kind . |