Example sentences of "she [verb] him at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 2 | That 's how she met him at relatives party . |
| 3 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
| 4 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 5 | She found him at his desk , downing vodka , talking on the telephone to Susan , telling her soothingly , ‘ No , I 'm not drinking any more . ’ |
| 6 | Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs . |
| 7 | She recognised him at once from the blunt-nosed profile and pepper-and-salt hair en brosse and the large tinted lenses of his glasses , and the way he hooked his head to one side and forward like a boxer butting . |
| 8 | As he entered the shop the young girl assistant came forward ; she recognised him at once . |
| 9 | Every day she meets him at the well , and every day he repeats the same request , till at last she yields . |
| 10 | My mother 's in despair — says she ca n't look her MP in the face when she meets him at Church . |
| 11 | She rejected him at birth and it was left to Maria Fountain from the Cotswold Wildlife Park to take on the role of Mother . |
| 12 | She imagined him at his desk , his head in his hands . |
| 13 | ( 26 ) Dare she ring him at the office ? |
| 14 | The couple met while on holiday in Greece in 1987 and married after she joined him at his base in South Dakota . |
| 15 | Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it . |
| 16 | He opened his arms as she joined him at the mirror . |
| 17 | ‘ Is all well ? ’ he asked when she joined him at a small table in a corner of the crowded bar . |
| 18 | She telephoned him at lunchtime on Monday , and he seemed happy with her suggestion that they meet the following day . |
| 19 | She owed him at least a chance to explain , and decided to drop into his offices on her way to the shop . |
| 20 | She saw him at last , but she did n't signal back , she clutched her bag and froze , staring , and the man beside her turned round . |
| 21 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 22 | A : She blew him at blow football |
| 23 | If it was true what he said , that she kept him at arm 's length , surely there could only be one reason for that ? |
| 24 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ she answered him at last , in a brisk , matter-of-fact tone that concealed , she hoped , all that she was feeling . |
| 25 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
| 26 | Although booted and plastered with mud and out of temper with herself and with him , she deposited him at the drawbridge of Sigouri in just over an hour . |
| 27 | And that was , you know , that was my grandparents when they retired , you know , he was sixty five , she was younger because she was eighteen when she married him at twenty six you know . |
| 28 | He told Police she 'd been violent and emotional when she left him at about 11.30 , an hour after she was supposed to have arrived . |
| 29 | In her excitement , switching from Greek to broken English , she held him at arm 's length before kissing him soundly on both cheeks . |