Example sentences of "and [verb] him at the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 They followed Fiver up the run and overtook him at the entrance .
4 Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment .
5 We see a dancer at a rave , film him later that week , and project him at the next rave . ’
6 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 .
7 Willie climbed out of bed and joined him at the window .
8 She walked over and joined him at the table .
9 In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly .
10 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 ?
11 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 .
12 What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves .
13 Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time .
14 I remember when Mike was a baby and I went home with my shopping and left him at the check-out in Sainsbury 's .
15 Rory was late for their appointment , and when he arrived , Holdfast told him dourly to close the door and join him at the biggest table .
16 Staying seated while he prowls around makes me uneasy , so I stand up and join him at the window .
17 Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees .
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