Example sentences of "[prep] him at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shot after him at high speed . |
| 2 | Taxi driver Peter Simpson said that two cars raced past him at high speed . |
| 3 | When I finally caught up with him at Crazy Joe 's Plantation Village , he was in a resigned mood . |
| 4 | As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows . |
| 5 | He was writing something in longhand , the paper turned sideways , the pen flying along the lines away from him at great speed . |
| 6 | The self-inflicted loss of Dominic Clarke following an off the ball incident in the second minute had left Armagh dicing with death and the killer blows subsequently rained in mainly from the accurate boot of Raymond Gallagher — remember what I said about him at Minor level last week ? — and the deadly finishing of Mark Gallagher and Malachy O'Rourke . |
| 7 | A friend fashioned this for him at negligible cost . |
| 8 | Mrs Beamson 's eight-year-old son has been diagnosed as suffering from severe dyslexia and she claims the county 's education policy will not make adequate provision for him at secondary school level . |
| 9 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 10 | He had often told her that it was a social disadvantage having the sort of wife he could n't take anywhere , but he dropped this line when she started appearing beside him at literary lunches and old school do 's . |
| 11 | In his triumph the victorious general was supposed to be accompanied by a slave repeating to him at suitable intervals : " Respice post te , hominem te memento " ( Tertull . |
| 12 | For more information call Mark Hopes on or write to him at British Coal Marketing Department , Hobart House , Grosvenor Place , London SW1X 7AE . |
| 13 | Lamb arrived , and before he had scored Patel dropped a hard slash straight at him at comfortable height . |