Example sentences of "[vb base] him at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those Pakistani pictures of Saddam Hussein show him at prayer . |
| 2 | I track him down to the University of Saskatchewan and just catch him at home before he leaves for work . |
| 3 | sort this out sensibly , the police overreact , they arrest him at midnight in the clothes he stands up in , they take him down to the police station , he 's held in the police station for about thirty six hours or so , something like that , er instead of being brought before the court straight away and released on bail straight away , they , they keep him in custody where he 's never been before , er and Madam he 's then released on bail but court imposes silly conditions on him , conditions that he should n't go back to his home address , he ca n't go and see his girlfriend , he ca n't go and see his children , er , and Madam it seems to be an abuse of the process really of the court to behave in this way . |
| 4 | They teach him at school , they teach him at college , and they keep making films of him , too . |
| 5 | They teach him at school , they teach him at college , and they keep making films of him , too . |
| 6 | If we pay him at time and three quarters which is the most we can pay him , we 're still making point six of a er on top of that . |
| 7 | Keep him at bay with your feet |
| 8 | I quote him at length , not only because he has drawn attention to a hitherto neglected type of Earth Mysteries site , but because his experience so entirely accords with my own . |
| 9 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 10 | But the teacher in John still comes out whenever some of the many schoolchildren who visit the centre see him at work : |
| 11 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 12 | Phone him at work . |