Example sentences of "he [verb] him in the " in BNC.

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1 When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness .
2 Unfortunately he phoned him in the middle of the night .
3 He found him in the station buffet slouched against the counter eating toasted tea-cakes .
4 The scene of crime officer kept looking at him , as if he found him in the way but did not know how to say so .
5 Hudson , who had played the most fluently for his 30 from 54 balls , was caught behind trying to cut Harper , who was also rewarded with the wicket of Rushmere when he beat him in the flight .
6 Then Kragan kicked him in the stomach and , as Adam doubled forward , he kneed him in the cheek , sending him sprawling backwards , banging his head against the wall .
7 But again the questions — was Boswell telling the truth about Johnson , or was he presenting him in the best possible light ?
8 Then he jabbed him in the ribs again .
9 Sometimes he fancied him in the room , and said , ‘ I must just speak to John Bunyan ; he 's over there …
10 The shooting gallery was open to members of the public , and was the scene of a spectacular feat of arms by Horace Hunter , who hit the target ‘ in the second buttonhole of the waistcoat , five times out of every six , and when he did n't hit there , he hit him in the head ’ .
11 Last night at our gig in Cardiff there was a bouncer at the front and he caught a youngster and he hit him in the throat , and he could have killed him .
12 The florist had removed his big green apron but the Brigadier had to force him to take off his trilby as he brought him in the door , muttering under his breath , ‘ This is a State office , you know very well … ’
13 There he assisted him in the preparation of an installation called ‘ La Salle Blanche ’ .
14 He bit him in the hand .
15 He bit him in the leg .
16 He bit him in the hand .
17 He shot him in the chest , he went down on the ground .
18 Some people might ask , if George loved Lennie that much , why did he shoot him in the end .
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