Example sentences of "have [vb pp] him at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 2 | Dalgliesh , who had heard him at a police concert , never ceased to be surprised that so narrow a chest and so slight a frame could produce such a powerful organ-toned bass . |
| 3 | This had dropped him at a garage in Cromcruach and had then mysteriously vanished before he could offer his thanks . |
| 4 | He had pressed her to marry him , though he was considerably older than she was , and she had accepted him at a time of great emotional exhaustion . |
| 5 | Sally-Anne had met him at a party ; he had long been settled in England , and he had been impressed and amused by her fiery conversation and her obvious intelligence . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've met him at a couple of PFA functions and when it was my testimonial he sent some things down to be raffled . |
| 7 | There were the two gold and jewelled boxes Müller had sold him at a staggering profit , considering he had bought them from someone facing criminal charges , and desperate for cash . |
| 8 | Meredith had spotted him at an end of term production of You Never Can Tell at drama school . |