Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him at [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fido 's owners should be aware of this and take steps to play him at his own game . |
| 2 | Marie had him at her mercy . |
| 3 | The opening scenes of this fractious heist movie see him at his most acute . |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ he said , a soft laugh escaping him at her obvious embarrassment . |
| 5 | The T. S. Eliot Lectures show him at his best — relaxed , immensely well read and decisive . |
| 6 | Hearn rang him at his home to plead with him to change his mind but Benn just snapped : ‘ I 'm not coming . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Detectives say that had Mr Hughes been the intended target it would have been much easier for loyalists to attack him at his Carryduff home in south Belfast . |
| 9 | Cortot 's Barcarolle ( his only recording of one of Chopin 's greatest masterpieces ) was once described by a French critic as ‘ un rituel erotic-passionel ’ and it is indeed as insinuating as it is blisteringly intense , even though the hectic rush through the final pages shows him at his least eloquent . |
| 10 | His knights took him at his word . |
| 11 | Vacations found him at his estate at Murthly , Perthshire , or , after its sale in 1921 , on Speyside and in St Andrews . |
| 12 | His estranged wife Danielle and their three children spurned him at his sick bed when he announced plans to wed the former Bond girl . |
| 13 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |
| 14 | My son took him at his word and went into travel for three years . |
| 15 | He sounded so anxious that Folly was quite relieved to hear Luke put him at his ease . |