Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] him at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must also be remembered that death usually took place in the home , not only because nineteenth century parents preferred it , but also because , before the development of antisepsis in practical nursing in the last quarter of the century , to send a patient to hospital was much more likely to prove fatal than keeping him at home . |
| 2 | Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’ |
| 3 | The typewriter clashed and harried him at night , never rhythmical enough to be ignored . |
| 4 | Grunte had written back to say that he would be delighted , and to expect him at mid-day . |
| 5 | I felt I ought to try and phone him at home to tip him off — if I got the chance . |
| 6 | Among other things , smoking makes the blood clot more easily and puts him at risk of another heart attack , which may be less mild than the first . |
| 7 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 8 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
| 9 | While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein . |