Example sentences of "[verb] him in his [det] " in BNC.

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1 We do n't see him in his own right .
2 Because Vitor had thanked him in his own language , the waiter took them both to be fellow compatriots and proceeded to chatter away in Portuguese , remarking on the sunny weather , suggesting choices of food and wine , complimenting them on Thomas 's cuteness and good behaviour .
3 I 'd let my dad down , humiliated him in his own street .
4 He was afraid to keep him in his own house because the old fellow rants and raves upon occasion and might distress Mrs Browning .
5 William the Conqueror , who was a second cousin to King Edward the Confessor , succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1035 , and believed that he was entitled to the crown of England , despite the fact that Harold II had fought along side him in his many battles against his great enemy , the King of France .
6 Now he stared from the partly eaten jam sandwich to the homely face of his grandmother and wondered if she would dare to murder him in his own home with Buddie sitting right there at the same table .
7 She could n't just ignore him in his own house and she had the nasty feeling that she would not have been able to ignore him anywhere .
8 The German saw him at once , walked over , shook hands , greeted him in his own language .
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