Example sentences of "[to-vb] him in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were ranked to meet him in the misty rain , every soul from castle and clachan , fidgeting and nervous , and in front of them all Marion Aluinn , eager to break the tense silence , lovely in her excitement . |
| 2 | Another time , I had arranged to meet him in the Naafi , a popular meeting place on the camp , at 5pm . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , Jackson had managed to convey the essence of this tall , eccentric doctor in his report , enough to make Montgomery very curious to meet him in the flesh . |
| 4 | Heady stuff , and to reject it outright with a condescending intellectual leer would have felt like a return trip down the chute into futility ; but now , with the radio offering a bleaker view of things , I was less certain why I 'd agreed so eagerly to meet him in the library of the Hall this morning . |
| 5 | No doubt there were minions in plenty to see to the plane and Maggie noted that his sister had not come rushing to meet him in the car . |
| 6 | It is pointed out in Washington that the President made a special point of ensuring that Mr Major was the first European leader to meet him in the White House . |
| 7 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 8 | I have got to try to outbowl him in the early matches because there is a good chance we may go into the Tests with only one spinner . |
| 9 | After a few weeks , Mr Sowerberry decided that he liked Oliver 's appearance enough to train him in the undertaking business . |
| 10 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 11 | She 'd have to catch him in the morning — But catch him she would , she vowed silently . |
| 12 | WPC Ackland is hot on his trail — but for some reason never manages to catch him in the act . |
| 13 | As he passed Garry he pretended to punch him in the arm . |
| 14 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 15 | This is the same young man who bit the ear of the governor — and we can only meet and get to know him in the novel itself . |
| 16 | What Boy had to do now was not walk down those streets , but stand still and choose amongst their inhabitants , choose the right one to follow , the right one to lead him in the next stage of his journey or wandering through the city . |
| 17 | Orders were sent to no fewer than four squadrons to try to engage him in the Irish Sea or , as a last resort , to intercept him off Brest on his way home ; but in the event none of them was needed for he was caught , almost by chance , near Kinsale on the southern coast of Ireland at daybreak on 29 February 1760 , by three frigates which had taken refuge there during the recent storm . |
| 18 | Nevertheless it is indisputable that all the early church fathers believed in the Devil as the Evil One , although it was never found necessary to define him in the way we must do so about God . |
| 19 | Smallfry always threatened to lock him in the toolshed with Rosie if ever he dared tell her secrets to anyone else . |
| 20 | She lived in Paris , he at Croisset ; he would n't come to the capital , she was n't allowed to visit him in the country . |
| 21 | The girls were allowed to visit him in the clinic . |
| 22 | Though the former England winger yesterday insisted he was content to remain with Leicester City , the club he joined from Darlington last summer , it is understood that moves are already underway to install him in the vacant Roker job . |
| 23 | By the end of the reign it was already falling off , and while Henry VI had much noble support for his coronation expedition in 1430–1 , those who continued to serve him in the French war in the years to come constituted a relatively small group of men . |
| 24 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 25 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 26 | Somehow it was hard to imagine him in the gym . |
| 27 | Several influences combined in this period to help him in the search for an alternative theological approach . |
| 28 | He must first obtain leave to move for judicial review and then , if he obtains leave , must succeed in persuading the court to help him in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction . |
| 29 | We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place . |
| 30 | Also like Roosevelt , he attracted to Washington the brightest advisers he could find in the universities and the business community to fill places in the Cabinet and to surround him in the White House . |