Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] him in the " in BNC.

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1 Inevitably , his steps led him in the end to the Corso , where the evening promenade was in progress .
2 That many of his clients saw him in the former category is suggested by the fact that they frequently passed to him details of their restless and unsuitable executives in the hope that he would redeploy them .
3 Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction .
4 What was Jesus doing when his parents found him in the Temple at the end of their search for him ?
5 The farmers ' wives indulged him in the harshness of his religious practices , never minding that he brought his own delph and cutlery and would eat only boiled eggs and bread .
6 But the sight of her in tears disarmed him in the strangest way .
7 The family lawyers contacted him in the USA .
8 Some bullets hit him in the air and more bullets hit him as he lay on the ground .
9 Two bullets hit him in the left arm , and numerous metal fragments flew into his face , including a piece in his jaw which could never be extracted .
10 ‘ My men found him in the garden , not in the house .
11 The first two shots took him in the shoulder and the left chest .
12 The man was disabled eight months after the soldiers died when UVF men shot him in the back .
13 ‘ One of the patrol cameras caught him in the Frames making harvest . ’
14 Kubitsky was bringing his rifle to bear on a target which lay somewhere in the direction of the grove of trees on the river bank to Rostov 's rear , but before he could open fire three more arrows took him in the chest and he fell over backwards without a sound .
15 The malai shoved him in the chest with his free hand but he pointed the gun at the ground behind him .
16 Hundreds of people were expected to attend the service for Mr Peacock , who died in his teenage daughter 's arms minutes after UVF gunmen shot him in the back at his north Belfast house .
17 As one gunman opened fire , police marksmen shot him in the hip .
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