Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] him in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like thousands of others , he became fixated on the actor Montgomery Clift , going several times to see him in Red River Valley and detecting , accurately , homosexual tendencies behind Clift 's portrayal of the sensitive masculine ideal . |
| 2 | The sharp hiss of an angry breath drawn through clenched teeth stopped him in his tracks . |
| 3 | Inevitably , his steps led him in the end to the Corso , where the evening promenade was in progress . |
| 4 | He dropped Mr Hambro where he was , in the edge of the water , and planted a foot between his shoulders to drive him in deeper before he made off . ’ |
| 5 | My heart , to love him ; my will , to do his will , my mind , to glorify him ; my tongue , to speak to him and of him ; my eyes to see him in all things ; my hands to bring whatever they touch to him ; my all only to be a real ‘ all ’ : because it is joined to him . |
| 6 | Extraordinary revenues derived from the general obligation of the King 's subjects to aid him in times of emergency . |
| 7 | It 's understood Mr Bryan had been thinking of returning to Painswick this weekend to escape the hoarde of newsmen beseigning him in London … |
| 8 | All gossip about the failures of parochial clergy nourished him in his downtrodden state . |
| 9 | That many of his clients saw him in the former category is suggested by the fact that they frequently passed to him details of their restless and unsuitable executives in the hope that he would redeploy them . |
| 10 | Shamlou 's dark eyes held him in a contemptuous gaze . |
| 11 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
| 12 | What was Jesus doing when his parents found him in the Temple at the end of their search for him ? |
| 13 | Thoughts of butchers ' knives and bloodied axes galvanized the boy into frantic action , but he had no sooner broken into a sprint along the alley than the sound of his own footsteps stopped him in his tracks . |
| 14 | In fact Charles 's childhood experiences confirmed him in his decision not to employ a nanny for his own children . |
| 15 | Their host , the Rev Kenneth MacAulay , great-uncle of Thomas Babington of that name , had sent a letter explaining that he could not meet them in Nairn : his priestly duties detained him in Cawdor — to which Boswell adds a footnote . |
| 16 | In addition , those rivalries enabled him in peacetime to go on playing his wartime role of common denominator ; the arbiter who remained detached from conflicts of particular interests ; the provider of unity . |
| 17 | Lowther was active as a barrister and , according to his autobiography , the circuit judges nominated him in 1616 as a JP for Westmorland ; he joined his father on a bench which welcomed his legal knowledge . |
| 18 | FOURTEEN-year-old Manoel Jorge Santos had no idea of the perils awaiting him in Sao Paulo when he fled from a broken home and brawling stepfather , trudging 50 miles to the city 's cathedral square in search of a new life . |
| 19 | Bones obliged him in everything he asked , even shaking him tenderly back into the saddle when he flew up round his ears or slipped tailwards . |
| 20 | Caledor raised his own standard and called for all true Elves to join him in defence of the realm . |
| 21 | In preparation for the next elections , Williams persuaded a number of local politicians and businessmen to join him in running for office on the P.N.M. ticket . |
| 22 | After teaching himself to juggle , the 27-year-old is now advertising for fellow Big Top devotees to join him in starting up a little troupe . |
| 23 | The grounding Mr Morrison received at James Dowling 's feet stood him in good stead . |
| 24 | The family man in his complex tripart personality is still as affable as ever , and his two sons joined him in London when his marriage broke up . |
| 25 | But his finest years found him in some competition with another actor who , like Brando , refused to conform . |
| 26 | Mr Catrain was 21 when German troops captured him in June 1940 . |
| 27 | His personal troubles sent him in search of analysts for both himself and his wife , sometimes with disastrous consequences . |
| 28 | General Elio offered the support of his troops to maintain him in the fullness of his rights ; at the same time the Manifesto of the Persians , signed by 96 ‘ servile ’ deputies , reached the king at Valencia . |
| 29 | An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . " |
| 30 | Despite his lack of political experience , Clouthier 's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead . |