Example sentences of "[vb past] him on the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
2 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
3 | Then , when he sought to take the oath , the House itself refused and excluded him on the dubious ground that , being an atheist , he could not swear . |
4 | He was seen twice near the village of Langley Park on Saturday night , and yesterday a woman noticed him on the busy A167 dual carriageway on the outskirts of Durham City about 10 miles from Lanchester . |
5 | The dark bulk of St Catherine 's faced him on the other side of the wide road . |
6 | Putting down his carrot , Hazel ran across , scrambled up the bank and joined him on the bare ground under the low , close boughs . |
7 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
8 | Jane Kennedy ( Labour ) pressed him on the recent article in the Independent , which stated that ministers had privately said they intended to issue new guidelines to family doctors to tighten up the eligibility criteria for the benefit . |
9 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
10 | When Richard came a couple of steps nearer — it would never have occurred to him to go back until the matter was satisfactorily settled — Harry , looking faintly surprised , as though he could n't believe that anything could be quite so simple , raised the adjustable spanner and hit him on the left side of the head , just below the ear . |
11 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
12 | Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales . |
13 | If you are looking for Monsieur Alain , I passed him on the main road . |
14 | Hubert James Bainbridge , tenth earl of Donnington , called out to his daughter as she passed him on the opposite side of the street , but she did not hear him . |
15 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
16 | These two seemed friendly enough , but their questions about Sweetheart put him on the defensive . |
17 | That put him on the 142 mark alongside Sam Torrance ( 72 ) , with McAllister just behind . |
18 | Again , Brian Harley hit a less-than-perfect drive , but his two-iron across the angle of the dogleg put him on the front edge of the green . |
19 | What Hornung had done was to take his brother-in-law 's famous detective , Sherlock Holmes , and put him on the wrong side of the law ; a friendly dedication acknowledged the debt . |
20 | To my surprise , voices from the Labour Benches shouted , ’ Put him on the Scottish Grand Committee . ’ |
21 | For a time he offered his services to Louis VII of France and accompanied him on the second crusade as papal legate in charge of the Anglo-Norman contingent . |
22 | Those who briefed him on the successful Los Angeles bid — Manchester retains the same American consultants — reported similar problems . |
23 | He is himself unreadable and hence ungovernable — a walking accusation levelled at the sympathetic educated sensibility which seeks simultaneously to understand him and set him on the straight and narrow . |
24 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
25 | Both safely negotiated the treacherous short 15th hole and Faldo 's putter rescued him on the 18th green . |