Example sentences of "[verb] him in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
| 2 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |
| 3 | I settled for the party in Fulham on Bunny 's recommendation , arranging to meet him in a trendy pub in Covent Garden beforehand . |
| 4 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 5 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 6 | He set the bowl down , then lifted the boy gently , cradling him in a half-sitting position . |
| 7 | BEFORE Germany 's press caught him in a questionable stockmarket deal , Franz Steinkühler looked like a working-class hero . |
| 8 | She found him in a small single room that was obviously intended to be his dressing-room or study , furnished with a single bed , rows of built-in cupboards , and under the window a desk and chair . |
| 9 | That weekend found him in a sunny mood . |
| 10 | Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me . |
| 11 | This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment . |
| 12 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm normal now , ’ Maggie assured him in a fuzzy voice as he helped her to the bed and lifted her on to it . |
| 14 | Frankie could not be one of them , yet he feared in his hear that it might be true , because when she called him ‘ Nigger ’ it wounded him in a special way he did not really understand . |
| 15 | But she could not , so she simply told him in a flat tone , ‘ We 've recently started exporting to Europe and Japan . |
| 16 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 17 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 18 | ‘ I love you , Fernando , ’ she told him in a hoarse whisper , ‘ you must believe that … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 've changed since last night , ’ Ruth told him in a soft murmur . |
| 20 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 21 | It establishes him in a special relationship with God . |
| 22 | The Economist interviewed him in a chintzy suite at Claridge 's . |
| 23 | He died in May and the Seales buried him in a shallow grave in a park . |
| 24 | Only the last of these put him in a bad light , but it is enough . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't need to come down with me , ’ she advised him in a stifled tone as she moved towards the door . |
| 26 | He claimed he got started after being spotted in a bar by someone who mistakenly thought they had seen him in a male model magazine . |
| 27 | I 've seen him in a proper leather jacket . |
| 28 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't somehow see him in a red riding coat being winched aboard a dappled stallion . |
| 30 | I said I did n't go out with married men and did n't see him in a romantic way . ’ |