Example sentences of "[v-ing] him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be significant that Rose was working for Henry Compton [ q.v. ] , bishop of London , in 1675 , for it was Compton who , in the words of Stephen Switzer [ q.v. ] , was London 's ‘ great Encourager ’ , employing him at Fulham Palace . |
| 2 | It must also be remembered that death usually took place in the home , not only because nineteenth century parents preferred it , but also because , before the development of antisepsis in practical nursing in the last quarter of the century , to send a patient to hospital was much more likely to prove fatal than keeping him at home . |
| 3 | I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst . |
| 4 | When sentencing him at Oxford Crown Court today , Judge Leo Clarke described it as a motiveless and shocking attack . |
| 5 | Horowitz At Home is the master 's very last recording , capturing him at his most relaxed , when here he is playing in his drawing-room on his own favourite Steinway . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ he said , a soft laugh escaping him at her obvious embarrassment . |
| 7 | I remember meeting him at about 6 o'clock one morning in an airport in the United States . |
| 8 | " I 'm meeting him at break in one of the music rooms . " |
| 9 | but waking him at three months ' old |
| 10 | Jacob 's taking advantage of his father 's blindness and frailty , and his deceiving him at one of the most solemn moments of his life , are reminiscent of the shame and humiliation brought to Noah by his son Ham . |
| 11 | The Hammers are considering a move for the 31-year-old , but Crosby said : ‘ I would n't consider selling him at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | This comforting vision , perhaps opium-inspired , was far removed from the reality surrounding him at Stowey . |
| 13 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |
| 14 | Instead of telephoning him at work to blame or to demand attention for herself , she responded to the emergency and visited the office with soup and sandwiches to keep them all going through the evening . |
| 15 | Ruth fended him off , holding him at arms length . |
| 16 | Every time she saw him again after an absence she stood aside humbly , expecting him at last to have reached the age when she was an embarrassment , expecting him to shuffle his feet and colour and do no more than extend a cool hand , and she would have held none of this against him . |
| 17 | ‘ Come on , Matt , ’ she would say , calling him at two or three in the morning , her voice hoarse with the cigarettes she chain-smoked . |
| 18 | 1.74 It is now clear from Ollett v Bristol Aerojet Ltd [ 1979 ] 1 WLR 1197 that the substance of an expert 's report , which the rules require the parties to disclose as a condition precedent to calling him at trial , includes his opinion , which is , after all , the whole reason for calling him . |
| 19 | He has been friendly with Holy Trinity 's vicar since teaching him at theological college in Durham . |
| 20 | Maradona is not the player he was and Gazza would have found it a lot tougher facing him at the height of his powers in the Eighties when Argentina won the World Cup . |
| 21 | Facing him at the office next day was like facing a firing squad . |
| 22 | He was just over three hours late to meet his guide , locating him at last on the edge of a ruck of Army drivers , forlorn in Air Force blue . |
| 23 | Ron does n't remember this tall , slightly gawky figure approaching him at all . |
| 24 | Farquhar , unhurt apart from a huge lump on his head , bandaged Lachlan 's wounds quickly before joining him at the oars . |
| 25 | Because of the extensive location work , Dustin , who disliked being away from his family for any length of time , insisted on Anne and Karina joining him at a house he had rented in Billings , Montana . |
| 26 | David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time . |
| 27 | Doctors treating him at St James 's Hospital , Leeds , gave in to the eight-year-old 's pleas to be allowed home for Christmas . |
| 28 | The Dyaks of Borneo , for instance , have always referred to the orangutan as the " man of the forest " , treating him at least with the dignity accorded to neighbouring tribes , whereas the Europeans , on examining the first Tierra del Fuegans brought back to the West , could not decide whether to classify them as humans or animals . |
| 29 | When she played , charging him at full speed , she would often knock him over but always retracted her claws , which , when used for hunting in the wild , can tear a wild pig or deer apart . |
| 30 | Mr eleven year old son offered to help so one of the put a gun to him and forced him to lead them to him threatening him at the same time . |