Example sentences of "and [verb] him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having seen and heard him at Buxton , I find it hard to believe claims that he did not solo the South Face of Lhotse : claims , in any case , which Cesen has countered with an explanation . |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | He was unexpectedly a man of great gaiety and to see him at a dance was an absolute delight . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I made contact with Sheringham through an agent and met him at a hotel . |
| 6 | But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Especially now that his grandfather is no longer as robust as he once was , and needs him at Arrancay . ’ |
| 9 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 10 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
| 11 | They followed Fiver up the run and overtook him at the entrance . |
| 12 | The typewriter clashed and harried him at night , never rhythmical enough to be ignored . |
| 13 | ‘ Speaking of Quatt , I must tell Aycliffe to go and fetch him at once . ’ |
| 14 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
| 15 | We see a dancer at a rave , film him later that week , and project him at the next rave . ’ |
| 16 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He would send his plane , or travel tickets , for her to come and see him at shows , for parties and at Thanksgiving celebrations . |
| 19 | And then a few weeks ago she told me she 'd been invited to go and see him at his house or ‘ castle ’ as Blufton prefers to call it . ’ |
| 20 | Grunte had written back to say that he would be delighted , and to expect him at mid-day . |
| 21 | Willie climbed out of bed and joined him at the window . |
| 22 | She walked over and joined him at the table . |
| 23 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In January 1869 he travelled to Dresden to attend the local premiere of Meistersinger , whose special place in his affections was unchanged , and on 17 May , now at Basle , he was finally able to accept Wagner 's invitation and visit him at Tribschen , his house near Lucerne in Switzerland . |
| 26 | In quick strides , he came forward , scooped the child from the ground and thrust him at her . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I felt I ought to try and phone him at home to tip him off — if I got the chance . |
| 29 | Given the brief span of their acquaintance , the even briefer time they had actually spent together , how could he have been so presumptuous as to imagine that she would wish to fly out and join him at the Plaza ? |
| 30 | Michael holds Howard by the upper arms , to take in his corporeal presence through his finger-tips , and to keep him at the right distance for gazing at in astonishment . |