Example sentences of "[vb past] him at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 2 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 3 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
| 4 | Danger of choking stopped him at that point . |
| 5 | The next morning Dad woke him at eight . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There were times when Eliot seemed uncertain or ill at ease , suddenly very much the " resident alien " — one has the impression , always , of a man invaded by inexplicable moods and anxieties which he did his best to conceal — and Hayward 's own dominating and very English manner afforded him at such times a certain amount of confidence . |
| 9 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 10 | When I came to Macmillan , it was with the greatest difficulty that I telephoned him at all . |
| 11 | His jaw hung open , and he was near enough for me to see the rain dashing from his face — when lightning showed him at all . |
| 12 | As it turned out , Mr. Wickstead , although very fond of Richard , never taught him at all ! |
| 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 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 15 | I never loved him at all , Angel . |
| 16 | After several attempts he got him at last on a bad telephone line . |
| 17 | Whitelegge 's knowledge of epidemiology , and his experience of public health administration in industrial districts , recommended him at this time to the Home Office , which was being pressed to reorganize its industrial health work . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Now I met him at one of the numerous receptions . |
| 20 | Alec Guinness , who first met him at this time , considers that reading poetry on radio was the best thing he did . |
| 21 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
| 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 | The highly-athletic Lewis bagged him at 197 , stooping and clutching a low drive . |
| 24 | He said you were very kind to him , you and Miguel — hardly hurt him at all . ’ |
| 25 | Comfortable Government majorities on two key motions followed a searing fightback by the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , during raucous exchanges which saw him at one stage on the ropes in the face of a furious tirade by , alternately , the Labour leader , John Smith , and the shadow chancellor , Gordon Brown . |
| 26 | I saw him at eight o'clock . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | well he bought the land and we saw him at different times build his bungalow it 's a lovely bungalow now int it ? |
| 29 | We saw him at Old Trafford |
| 30 | Corals offered him at 5-1 but soon had to come down to join Ladbrokes at 4-1 . |