Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I found him in great spirits . |
| 2 | I want him in this evening . |
| 3 | And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way . |
| 4 | I told him in great detail . |
| 5 | On another day I provoked him in some way and he slapped my cheek . |
| 6 | ‘ I played him in many positions and he 's never let us down . |
| 7 | I buried him in that beautiful valley of winding waters . |
| 8 | I like him in that jumper and my friend gave him that . |
| 9 | The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away . |
| 10 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 11 | Roughly , those over thirty-five , and I put him in that group , reacted with a mixture of impatience , embarrassment , and guilt . |
| 12 | I dressed him in this huge pink shirt with maroon spots on , with a big maroon and pink ruff and little knee britches in grey with red velvet stripes on them . |
| 13 | I w , but I liked him in that one on a Friday night . |
| 14 | I mention him in particular because he understood that opera concerns those ecstatic moments when a man or a woman has to use a means of expression other than the spoken word . |
| 15 | I did my best to shepherd the animal out of the room but he did n't seem to know the meaning of obedience and I chased him in vain . |
| 16 | She helped him in other ways also — she was a chauffeuse on occasions , tended him when he was ill , and sometimes acted as a secretary . |
| 17 | And now she caught him in another gesture , but a surreptitious one this time — the quick shooting of a cuff to glance at his watch . |
| 18 | PAMELA : Well , suppose he should resolve to ensnare a poor young creature and ruin her , would you assist him in that ? |
| 19 | PS I told Nero you 'd meet him at Dover but I should leave your chariot behind he might not understand if you cut him in two , he 's funny that way . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll sign the agreement , ’ she told him in clipped tones . |
| 21 | She had a little flat in the Falls , a house she shared with girlfriends , her family home being in a village outside Derry , and she told him in blunt terms that she had n't seen enough of him at it for too damn long , at it or anywhere else . |
| 22 | JEREMY Irons says his wife does n't worry when she sees him in sexy scenes on the big screen because she knows he 's not that good . |
| 23 | She watched him in reluctant fascination as he put to her , ‘ When it comes to being irresponsible , your brother , I 'm afraid , has already proved himself to be in the top league . ’ |
| 24 | Or would you honour him in that style … one day ? ’ |
| 25 | She saw him in all his beauty , grace and arrogance — physically the most nearly perfect human being she had ever seen . |
| 26 | She kicked him in mock outrage . |
| 27 | When she left him in 1983 he was devastated . |
| 28 | Her marriage to John Fenwick ( possibly on 8 May 1781 at St Dunstan , Stepney ) , a radical author and translator , proved disastrous and she left him in 1800 ‘ determined … to consider myself and children totally separated from his bad or good fortunes ’ . |
| 29 | She left him in 1951 and joined Billy Smart 's circus . |
| 30 | Did you help him in this work ? |