Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] him at " in BNC.
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1 | Norman Williamson who rode him at Leopardstown , observed afterwards that he was a National horse when talking to Richard Dunwoody about the race and if Richards has retained his old magic , then there could quite well be another National winner destined to return home in triumph to his Lake District stables . |
2 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
3 | Joachim died , probably in Denmark , in 1535 ; some time before 1541 his relatives placed Daniel with a branch of his grandmother 's Wieland family , who trained him at their lead , copper , and silver mines and smelting works in the Rauris and Gastein valleys in the Tyrol , part of the archbishopric of Salzburg . |
4 | His second outing was particularly encouraging , since the filly who beat him at Headquarters was none other than Henry Cecil 's Felucca , already a leading fancy for next year 's Classics . |
5 | The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers . |
6 | Glasses , a beard and lots of grey hairs — 47-year-old Rod Stewart 's new look seems to have stunned his model wife Rachel Hunter who joined him at a Los Angeles club . |
7 | The Marquis de Custine , who observed him at Ems in 1839 , thought that he would " command obedience by the inherent appeal of charm , rather than by fear " . |
8 | His mentor , the man who taught him at university , is married to a woman who is half-Jewish , and their son has worked for Hess for years as his adviser . |
9 | During 1812 he attracted the attention of William , second Earl Fitzwilliam [ q.v. ] , who employed him at Milton , his Northamptonshire home ; he became house steward in November 1816 . |
10 | ‘ He was the original tall , dark , handsome boy at school , ’ said a woman who knew him at his senior school . |
11 | As for the withdrawal from the battlefield of Robert Bossu , that restless , conscientious , subtle and efficient man , it was a model of consideration and tact , as always , with a quiet word to Abbot Radulfus , and a sharp glance at his two squires , who understood him at the lift of an eyebrow or the flash of a smile . |
12 | Lamb 's solicitor Alan Herd , who represented him at the 50-minute hearing , said : ‘ Allan is very unhappy with the decision and is urgently considering an appeal to the Cricket Council . |
13 | Occasionally he was referred to by those who saw him at services as ‘ the old canon ’ though he was much the youngest of the canons . |
14 | On Mon , 17 Jan 1994 , wrote : I do n't know who marked him at Elland Rd , but i 'd like to bet a few quid that Wilko puts Fairclough on him ‘ man to man ’ next Sunday . |
15 | He would not , if Thiercelin was any judge , receive more than a curt acknowledgement from the emperor , who disliked him at least as much as most . |