Example sentences of "him at [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have given much to meet him at Elsfield during one of his fleeting visits : indeed there was no one I would have been more interested to meet . |
| 2 | By this time the coming of peace had ended Burlamachi 's usefulness to the government , but not his own indebtedness , notably for recurring interest , reckoned by him at £14,763 in 1632 . |
| 3 | They 'd take the mickey out of him at school for that . |
| 4 | In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) . |
| 5 | The Camel Benetton Ford driver was outraged at the tactics used by Senna to keep him at bay for several laps . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll understand that I 'm loath to set him at liberty without some guarantee . |
| 7 | There was no real way of keeping him away from Irish friends … unless of course , he were to have an accident too — something that would keep him at home for several months preferably . |
| 8 | And before dawn Lachlan left with three galleys , and Hector went after him at mid-morning with two , saying he must prevent Lachlan harming the honour of the clan . |
| 9 | The council held under him at Nicaea in 325 enacted an agreement with the emperor 's support . |
| 10 | Those first signs of unrest were found in disputes with various powerful churchmen , who formed a confederacy against him at Merseburg in 1166 . |
| 11 | Jargon and quirkiness assail him at times like passing attacks of cramp , but in the main he is always on the alert for a new ‘ angle ’ , always individual in expression and always ready to usher the most illuminating quotations to their correct places with the discreet poise of a butler from his chosen period . |
| 12 | Among other things , smoking makes the blood clot more easily and puts him at risk of another heart attack , which may be less mild than the first . |
| 13 | The kind of information derived from Edward 's Gascon inquiry can best be illustrated by citing the declarations of two vassals , both of whom paid homage to him at Bordeaux on 19 March 1274 . |
| 14 | The Marquis de Custine , who observed him at Ems in 1839 , thought that he would " command obedience by the inherent appeal of charm , rather than by fear " . |
| 15 | I never met him , but my brother and I had a glimpse of him at Paddington in 1940 , when he took Ivy and Margaret to Woodstock . |
| 16 | " I 'm meeting him at break in one of the music rooms . " |
| 17 | Writing to the Countess of Rutland in 1670 from his ‘ uncouth cell ’ in the Fleet prison , where he had been committed for debt , Crowe was scathing about the quality of the tapestries produced by William , Earl of Craven [ q.v. ] , and his associates who had taken over from him at Mortlake in 1667 . |