Example sentences of "[vb past] him at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
| 2 | Danger of choking stopped him at that point . |
| 3 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 4 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 5 | Whitelegge 's knowledge of epidemiology , and his experience of public health administration in industrial districts , recommended him at this time to the Home Office , which was being pressed to reorganize its industrial health work . |
| 6 | Alec Guinness , who first met him at this time , considers that reading poetry on radio was the best thing he did . |
| 7 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
| 8 | Comfortable Government majorities on two key motions followed a searing fightback by the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , during raucous exchanges which saw him at one stage on the ropes in the face of a furious tirade by , alternately , the Labour leader , John Smith , and the shadow chancellor , Gordon Brown . |
| 9 | Some put him at average height , others said he was a tall man . |
| 10 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 11 | Pease had been taking part in a march through the capital , Lima , when the officer shot him at close range with bird shot . |
| 12 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |