Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | William met him at university . ’ |
| 2 | That was why Simon Draper was appalled , horrified and dumbstruck when Richard Branson telephoned him at home one Sunday evening in March 1984 , gushing enthusiasm for another idea . |
| 3 | Marie had him at her mercy . |
| 4 | Hari recognized him at once , he was the friend of Edward Morris , she had seen him earlier sitting before the fire in the comfortable house on Chapel Street . |
| 5 | Lillee met him at the gate and escorted him to the middle . |
| 6 | Jane met him at the front door . |
| 7 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 8 | Hearn rang him at his home to plead with him to change his mind but Benn just snapped : ‘ I 'm not coming . ’ |
| 9 | Tom Fish held him at arm 's length over his head , spun him this way and that until the sky turned sickeningly above him . |
| 10 | ‘ Your readers might wonder how he could win at Ripon after finishing down the field when Lester Piggott rode him at York , but there was nothing sinister about it . |
| 11 | Theda asked him at length . |
| 12 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 13 | The boy showed little talent for the business and hardly earned the £2 10s Mr Marshall paid him at the end of the week . |
| 14 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 15 | Martin held him at the knees always pushing inside him like warm water pouring in . |
| 16 | Rose saw him at the heavy red gate of the yard . |
| 17 | Anna knew him at once . |
| 18 | Mrs Rose left him at the station and returned alone to London . |
| 19 | Judge Peter Greenwood told him at Chelmsford Crown Court : ‘ You are a dangerously sick man . ’ |
| 20 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
| 21 | " His father says that Lorrimer rang him at a quarter to nine . |
| 22 | Mary liked him at once . |
| 23 | Christina approached him at the reception desk where he stood . |
| 24 | The highly-athletic Lewis bagged him at 197 , stooping and clutching a low drive . |
| 25 | Merlin was soon known for his fantastic mechanical automata , and it is not inconceivable that Tylney met him at one of the many masquerades then all the rage in London . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Wycliffe joined him at the table . |
| 28 | The man in charge of the investigation , Supt Stan Fletcher , said : ‘ Local police in Newcastle arrested him at a hotel last night . |
| 29 | Newcastle employed him at Claremont , Surrey ( 1752 ) , and as chancellor of Cambridge University secured his employment to design the university library ( 1754–8 ) ; while for the second duke he worked at Clumber House , Nottinghamshire ( 1768–78 , demolished ) , and designed the bridge in Newark in the same county ( 1775 ) . |
| 30 | Corbett could only shout at Ranulf to stay and do nothing before Selkirk took him at a canter out of the abbey . |