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

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1 Only nine days ago he lost the Macartney and Dowie Classic when Douglas defeated him in the semi-final , and the loss of another title today could be extremely damaging to morale .
2 If , now , we place him in the pantheon of Afro-Asian leaders who decisively influenced the course of events it is because he was a survivor , to whom the drama of revolutionary struggle was an end in itself .
3 There does , however , appear to be some confusion among various commentators as to Bukharin 's basic position : some , such as Itoh , place him in the underconsumptionist school , while others place him — correctly — in the disproportionality school ; but the latter , e.g. Sweezy , Mandel , Day , do not always attribute the same meaning to this .
4 If your child is unconscious , place him in the recovery position ( see page 82 ) .
5 Gary said : ‘ It 's obvious that people want him in the England team . ’
6 He also had to juggle the practicalities of being coach , going on part-time high-school teaching , and seeing if Otago Cricket Association would continue employing him in the off-season as executive director when he would n't be around for much of the summer .
7 Another time , I had arranged to meet him in the Naafi , a popular meeting place on the camp , at 5pm .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 It is his letter of March 1094 to the bishop of Salisbury , instructing him in the name of himself and the king to take action about the case of the daughter of the king of Scotland , who had left the nunnery at Wilton and who — as Anselm and King William had agreed — was to be forced to return .
13 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 ’ .
14 His family visited him in the cells before leving the court .
15 When Craft and Stravinsky visited him in the autumn of this year , Craft has recorded how he looked " younger and livelier " than he had before , but that he seemed " to think of himself as a hoary ancient with little time left .
16 He assisted Marsh up the steps to the box and , seating him in the signalman 's battered but comfortable old armchair , reported the incident to the train control , requesting medical assistance for the unfortunate guard who was obviously unable to continue his dunes .
17 In 1981 , when Johnstone was still part of the furniture at Ibrox , Bill McMurdo and a local architect Bob Waugh involved him in the launch of Box Office Promotions ( UK ) Ltd a sports and leisure company which aimed to profit from Johnstone 's popularity in the Lanarkshire area .
18 It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room .
19 A cops and robbers chase through the docks with our official mini caught him in the act of phoning home , where we arrived just in time to stop his wife disposing of a large bag of goodies .
20 And someone — someone from close by , someone on or near this site — caught him in the act , and took drastic action .
21 ‘ One of the patrol cameras caught him in the Frames making harvest . ’
22 She caught him in the hall as he put on his hat .
23 The handlebar caught him in the groin .
24 The Yak banked again , came in fast , cannon shell punching into the Stork and Farber cried out as a bullet caught him in the shoulder .
25 A handful of what he thought was heather thatch caught him in the face , but it was n't : a corn-stack had been pushed over and some of the netting had burst .
26 He gasped with pain as the head of the smaller boy caught him in the stomach .
27 A chill caught him in the stomach .
28 When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye .
29 Julie swung the hammer with all her strength and caught him in the mouth with its gleaming head .
30 Joe started when Harry 's elbow caught him in the ribs as he said , ‘ I wonder if my illustrious brother will be as insufferable as he was during the Christmas holidays ? ’
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