Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him in the " in BNC.

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1 Alison met him in the same bar .
2 A branch whipped him in the face .
3 Two months later Minton visited him in the country , pale from a pub crawl in Ipswich , and seemed to Lehmann ‘ more settled with Rickie [ sic[ off the booze ’ .
4 When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye .
5 Inevitably , his steps led him in the end to the Corso , where the evening promenade was in progress .
6 The second lorry ran into the car 's side sandwiching him in the wreckage .
7 Grimma prodded him in the stomach .
8 The handlebar caught him in the groin .
9 Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion .
10 Late that evening , Corbett was found by a servant sent by Selkirk , who announced in broad Scots that the knight would be grateful if Corbett joined him in the outer bailey near the main gate .
11 " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks .
12 He marries Julia Maplesone , whose extravagance lands him in the Fleet Prison , and who deserts him whilst he is there .
13 It costs a great deal to keep him in the home , as well as your father . ’
14 ( Paradoxically the release of tension enabled him in the next week to run up , turn out , patch together , a poetical melodrama about Cabestainh with which the house-guests had some civilised fun . )
15 That many of his clients saw him in the former category is suggested by the fact that they frequently passed to him details of their restless and unsuitable executives in the hope that he would redeploy them .
16 In 1318 , after an attempt to poison him in the previous year , John XXII thanked Margaret for sending him ‘ a certain knife-handle in serpentine form ’ which was reputed to detect poison .
17 His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses .
18 His idea of duty took the form of inviting Neil to join him in the nightly round of enjoyment which made up Stair 's life .
19 As he raised his binoculars to scan the coast , the wind struck him in the face .
20 Got killed when that horse kicked him in the head . ’
21 Haines fell over and a Corporal kicked him in the stomach , shouting at him to stand up .
22 Hitch shot him in the face , watching as he toppled backwards , most of his bottom jaw blown off by the close-range blast .
23 The club struck him in the stomach again , dripping him to his knees , and there was a sudden crack that seemed unnaturally loud in the silence .
24 On the other hand , the buyer will wish to have the comfort of the guarantee , and , in addition , whatever rights law and statute grant him in the particular circumstances of the case .
25 Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction .
26 I ca n't see any horse beating him in the Kentucky Derby .
27 What was Jesus doing when his parents found him in the Temple at the end of their search for him ?
28 Maud caught him in the doorway of his hotel one evening .
29 He did not know of it , a thought which after a few minutes occurred to Wainfleet when Wickham encountered him in the pub .
30 He gasped with pain as the head of the smaller boy caught him in the stomach .
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