Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been out and was coming in , although the way he walked suggested that going out had not been a great success , and that not much awaited him at home . |
| 2 | Tony Coton apparently embraced him at the end and gave him soime words of encouragement . |
| 3 | There were signs that Waterloo Boy was past his best for the season and those were emphasised when Katabatic easily beat him at Cheltenham in April . |
| 4 | You must deploy Mr Bargepole equipped with a pair of electrodes and a can of Aqua Regia in the MD 's office of United Newspapers and not let him at it until he has secured your reprieve . |
| 5 | I think you just caught him at a bad moment . |
| 6 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 7 | Had Curtly Ambrose , supported by umpire Barker , not ejected him at Bridgetown three winters ago , who knows ? |
| 8 | Daniel Marsh usually met him at the station , but today Nahum was early . |
| 9 | He was now 25 years old and the episode on the island still haunted him at nights . |
| 10 | But except for a brief interval , Blaize ruled for 10 unmemorable years until Gairy decisively beat him at the polls a few months after Britain granted the island wide autonomy in 1967 . |
| 11 | He said you were very kind to him , you and Miguel — hardly hurt him at all . ’ |
| 12 | His skill on the ball meant that he was occasionally useful in an inside berth , but the Palace were seldom more than a struggling outfit while he was with us and it is doubtful if many Palace fans ever saw him at his best . |
| 13 | ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year . |
| 14 | ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year . |
| 15 | Ruth now put him at no more than five-and-twenty . |
| 16 | Benedict 's pulse began to beat in his throat , and he fought vainly against that familiar rush of heat to his blood that invariably engulfed him at the sight of her . |
| 17 | Rogers and Brett immediately flanked him at the foot of the steps and walked with him as he shook hands with each member of the Zimbalan mission in turn . |
| 18 | Throughout much of 1948 Minton had been working up oils based on his drawings and watercolours of Corsica for an exhibition at the Lefevre , initially promised him at the end of that year but not mounted until February 1949 . |
| 19 | She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct . |
| 20 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 21 | Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length . |
| 22 | For the last two years or so of Phillip 's life , Marje never visited him at home , according to friends . |
| 23 | I actually advised him at the meeting that he should not and could n't take that motion , and I was by Alderman in that situation , but he still deemed to go ahead and that 's p his prerogative . |
| 24 | As it turned out , Mr. Wickstead , although very fond of Richard , never taught him at all ! |
| 25 | I never loved him at all , Angel . |
| 26 | But Jo never rang him at work , and he never rang her office secretary to find what flight she 'd taken . |