Example sentences of "[vb past] him [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After starting the day a stroke behind Stewart , the USPGA champion , Langer overhauled him over the seventh , eighth and ninth holes . |
| 2 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 3 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 4 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
| 5 | If he races on Saturday New Level will line up against the much fancied Ringa Hustle and the dog which beat him in the last round , Apres Soleil , which is on offer at 80–1 . |
| 6 | During the campaign itself Healey was noticed by only about 12 per cent on average but that concealed some sharp variations : 28 per cent noticed him in the last two days of the campaign , immediately after a spectacular on-screen row with TV-am presenter Ann Diamond . |
| 7 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 9 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 10 | Instead , Eubank clinically TKO 'd him in the ninth . |
| 11 | But Faldo has reserved his most barbed comments for Alliss and the press , even though the publicity afforded him over the last 16 years has brought a £2 million home and bulging bank account worth more than £10m . |
| 12 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 13 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 14 | None the less , it is broadly speaking true that the Church had exalted the monarch in the tenth century , and abased him in the twelfth ; that the Church had taught obedience to him in the tenth century when ancient rights of resistance to a king who broke his subjects ' rights and liberties still flourished ; and that in the twelfth century Church and people exchanged ideas about the bases for the right of resistance . |
| 15 | She followed him to the third floor , then along the gallery to a closed door . |
| 16 | In 1223 Richard was once again in the retinue of William Marshal and followed him over the next few years into Wales , Ireland , and Brittany . |
| 17 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 18 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 19 | Come and clean my windows and I owed him from the last time . |
| 20 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 21 | Maisie grabbed his arm and steered him towards the next gallery . |
| 22 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 23 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 24 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 25 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 26 | met him for the first time I think and erm |
| 27 | You will remember that we met him in the last commercial . |
| 28 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 29 | I took him to the first Giants game when he was three . |
| 30 | As a former winner at Dornoch ( 1985 ) , where nobody took him beyond the 16th green , Garth has the right credentials for a marathon week 's work — sound legs and wind , a good nerve , great concentration , and all the shots for a course that will test the strong and mock the timid . |