Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] him on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She left a cup of tea for him on his bedside table and went into the kitchen to prepare the evening meal . |
| 2 | Holding a joint of beef before him on an outstretched arm , he would wave his free hand over its surface in a gesture approaching a mystical rite , conferring upon the excellence of his merchandise a value far in excess of what the none-too-prosperous housewives of Reine hoped to pay . |
| 3 | Whatever Beryl believes or pretends to believe about her brother being mugged , he was in fact deliberately murdered by someone lying in wait for him on the scaffolding . |
| 4 | I have had the opportunity of discussing the matter in detail with him on two occasions and I am conscious of his considerable knowledge and experience . |
| 5 | ‘ And there … ’ she stood up and walked round the table , placing the browning photograph firmly in front of him on the bright red and white of the American-cloth table cover , ‘ there 's … ’ she pointed to a figure dimly glimpsed beside a pillar in the background . |
| 6 | In front of him on his desk were disposed various objects , an elegant and masterly still life to complement the strong head and the ambivalent natural growths . |
| 7 | He saw ahead of him the bowed back of Byrkin , hunched head in hands with an empty bowl in front of him on the table . |
| 8 | Josh had the newspaper spread out in front of him on the table , but Ruth felt sure that he had not been reading it ; she doubted if he even knew it was there . |
| 9 | In front of him on the desk lay what looked improbably like a holiday brochure . |
| 10 | FORMER Liverpool City Council deputy leader Derek Hatton and three others on trial with him on fraud charges are to call no evidence in their defence , a court was told yesterday . |
| 11 | Wills used to invite four of his eight employees to lunch with him on alternate Sundays . |