Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [vb pp] him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 2 | Some memory must have stabbed him at that moment . |
| 3 | You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘ |
| 4 | Edna , blind since birth , said : ‘ I must have hit him at least 12 times . |
| 5 | ‘ Someone must have known him at Emmanuel , ’ added the Archdeacon . |
| 6 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 7 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |
| 8 | Maggie was puzzling over it as Felipe came out and normally she would have told him at once , but he was not alone . |