Example sentences of "and [vb past] him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’ |
| 2 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 3 | I made contact with Sheringham through an agent and met him at a hotel . |
| 4 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 5 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 6 | They followed Fiver up the run and overtook him at the entrance . |
| 7 | The typewriter clashed and harried him at night , never rhythmical enough to be ignored . |
| 8 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 9 | And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness . |
| 10 | Willie climbed out of bed and joined him at the window . |
| 11 | She walked over and joined him at the table . |
| 12 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 13 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 14 | In quick strides , he came forward , scooped the child from the ground and thrust him at her . |
| 15 | His mouth met hers and her shocked little gasp turned to a moan of hunger as she closed her eyes and kissed him at last , at last , and the brandy glass fell from her hands , shattering at their feet as her arms went around his neck , her mouth opening hungrily beneath his , her hands in his black hair , her body pressing against his as they clung together with intolerable necessity , unaware of the fragments of glass they trampled as Damian pressed her tighter , tighter until there was not an inch between their bodies . |
| 16 | The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word . |
| 17 | She drew back from him and took him at his word . |
| 18 | Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time . |
| 19 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 20 | I remember when Mike was a baby and I went home with my shopping and left him at the check-out in Sainsbury 's . |
| 21 | He was talented enough and resourceful enough to survive it , although I think it almost devastated and destroyed him at a certain point . |
| 22 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
| 23 | Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees . |