Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks later I met him in a wild part of Laggan . |
| 2 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 3 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 4 | ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be . |
| 5 | Gareth took a step or two after them and I called him in an explosive croak , ‘ Gareth , ’ and he stopped and turned immediately and came back , bending down . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was just the times I saw him in the Div II Championship year and the season after that . |
| 7 | I liked him in the Pink Panther . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I had him in the second round be he wriggled off the hook . ’ |
| 9 | I greeted him in a confused manner , unable to believe my eyes . |
| 10 | I wrapped him in the big blanket we 'd brought as he was already shivering . |
| 11 | I see him in a white coat . |
| 12 | ‘ I wanted him in the first place , ’ said Graham , ‘ but the management had already cast Cy Grant . |
| 13 | If he races on Saturday New Level will line up against the much fancied Ringa Hustle and the dog which beat him in the last round , Apres Soleil , which is on offer at 80–1 . |
| 14 | Plainly Henry Ward Beecher , the great New York preacher of puritanism , should either have avoided having tumultuous extra-marital love-affairs or chosen a career which did not require him to be quite such a prominent advocate of sexual restraint ; though one can not entirely fail to sympathise with the bad luck which linked him in the mid-1870s with the beautiful feminist and advocate of free love , Victoria Woodhull , a lady whose convictions made privacy difficult . |
| 15 | To his increasing embarrassment , Montrose found himself bombarded with solicitations from three directions , which left him in an impossible situation . |
| 16 | ‘ My brother paid me to help him in an unofficial capacity . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ How much money have you given him in the last three weeks ? ’ |
| 18 | No it 's probably er a reaction like you do if you tickle him in a certain place they go do n't they ? |
| 19 | He now faces Alan McManus , the Scot who defeated him in the Asian Open semi-finals last year . |
| 20 | She found him in a small single room that was obviously intended to be his dressing-room or study , furnished with a single bed , rows of built-in cupboards , and under the window a desk and chair . |
| 21 | Wilson 's principal domestic fault was his kindness in bestowing benefits on friends , and indeed on anyone who approached him in the appropriate fashion , and certainly through Marcia Williams . |
| 22 | Afterwards , Bowe dismissed Lewis , who beat him in the 1988 Olympic final , as ‘ a big , ugly bum ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't need to come down with me , ’ she advised him in a stifled tone as she moved towards the door . |
| 24 | There are even rumours of near miracles he accomplished , such as the conversion of a foul-mouthed old alcoholic , hurt in the Marcasse pit disaster , who told him in no uncertain terms to clear off , he did n't want rosary-mumblers around him , and then was converted by Vincent 's sanctity . |
| 25 | Has she met him in the Three Pigeons ? |
| 26 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 27 | ‘ I love you , Fernando , ’ she told him in a hoarse whisper , ‘ you must believe that … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I heard that , ’ she told him in the same language . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't have done any speculating at all , ’ she informed him in a trembling voice , ‘ if you could bring yourself to be honest with me ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going to find the nearest policeman , ’ she informed him in an icy voice . |