Example sentences of "him at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose .
2 Those who had known Michael Holly at his home in the south-east of England , or had shared office and canteen space with him at the factory on the Kent fringes of London , might not now have recognized their man .
3 The decisive victory won by Ieyasu and lords allied to him at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 established his supremacy over rivals throughout the islands of Honshu , Shikoku and Kyushu .
4 That satraps as well as the king had their entourage of fellow-diners is proved by Xenophon 's Anabasis ( i.8.25 ) which says that Cyrus the Younger had his ‘ table-sharers ’ , and by Diodorus ' description ( xvii.20 ) of the ‘ kinsmen ’ of the satrap Spithrobates , who fought with him at the battle of the Granikos in 334 .
5 Benedict 's pulse began to beat in his throat , and he fought vainly against that familiar rush of heat to his blood that invariably engulfed him at the sight of her .
6 After the king 's death in 1223 , he pledged his support for Philip 's son Louis VII , but deserted him at the siege of Avignon in 1226 .
7 I have never seen him at the Council of Europe and I serve on the social , health and family affairs committee , which he has never attended .
8 Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit .
9 He could again ask parliament to put him at the head of the government .
10 Easy Over 's victory at Garthorpe puts him at the head of the area Young Horse title , and Shedid has increased her lead in the mares ' championship .
11 In making Gloucester chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , Edward was thus effectively putting him at the head of the surviving royal affinity there .
12 In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region .
13 I have served a place for him at the head of the queue to buy shares in the privatised NIE .
14 In making Gloucester chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , Edward was thus effectively putting him at the head of the surviving royal affinity there .
15 In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region .
16 Having met him at the station on 3 December , a Tuesday , we walked back to the Old parsonage , in St Giles 's ( now a hotel ) , where Michael Cullis had pleasant lodgings .
17 Had Hendrique warned him at the beginning about the current intensifying when crossing the colour boundary the game might already have been over .
18 The question in Hunt 's mind , when I saw him at the beginning of the 1976 season , was whether changing teams and style was going to make a substantial difference in his way of life : in his informality , his private life , his sense of his own personal liberty .
19 I thought she was supposed to have him at the beginning of this month .
20 She was going out with him at the beginning of this term
21 Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs .
22 It was four hours later when they woke to find him at the foot of the bed saying : ‘ I 've got a gun and I 'm going to shoot you . ’
23 Rogers and Brett immediately flanked him at the foot of the steps and walked with him as he shook hands with each member of the Zimbalan mission in turn .
24 Then there was nothing again but the darkness ; the darkness that he knew waited for him at the foot of the mountain .
25 Garvey , anxious to keep their line of work secret , met him at the foot of the ladder with whispered protests and badly disguised anger .
26 She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct .
27 The hearing admitted he had only agreed to appear in court if his wife and children were flown back to Britain with him at the cost of £4,000 .
28 Not because we made a fool of him at the Reel on Monday , no no , not at all .
29 Although booted and plastered with mud and out of temper with herself and with him , she deposited him at the drawbridge of Sigouri in just over an hour .
30 Sitting on the ground in front of it were the two constables who had delayed him at the dovecot during the arms search .
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