Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] he at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 2 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 3 | Lillee met him at the gate and escorted him to the middle . |
| 4 | Rebels stopped him at the airport but his whereabouts were not known last night . |
| 5 | The boy showed little talent for the business and hardly earned the £2 10s Mr Marshall paid him at the end of the week . |
| 6 | He had a two-stroke lead over playing partner Frost with two holes to play before the defending champion pipped him at the post with birdies on 17 and 18 . |
| 7 | Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself . |
| 8 | I hardly know what I meant to do — confront him , accuse him , bring it home to him that hellfire awaited him at the reckoning if he did not confess his sin and pay the price of it now . ’ |
| 9 | Mrs Rose left him at the station and returned alone to London . |
| 10 | His commitment to the reform of secondary education was unrelenting ; his position as Archbishop placed him at the heart of the religious problem ; his alliance with Butler — for whom he was ‘ all bulge and brain ’ — eventually tamed the opposition of the Churches . |
| 11 | The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career . |
| 12 | A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts . |
| 13 | John Browne 's neighbours buried him at the gable-end of his humble cottage . |
| 14 | A dog ate him at the bus stop ! |
| 15 | " His father says that Lorrimer rang him at a quarter to nine . |
| 16 | Christina approached him at the reception desk where he stood . |
| 17 | He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree . |
| 18 | Wycliffe joined him at the table . |
| 19 | The man in charge of the investigation , Supt Stan Fletcher , said : ‘ Local police in Newcastle arrested him at a hotel last night . |
| 20 | Corbett could only shout at Ranulf to stay and do nothing before Selkirk took him at a canter out of the abbey . |
| 21 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |
| 22 | " A noble breakfast , " says George Borrow of the morning meal offered him at an inn at Bala in North Wales , " there was tea and coffee , a goodly white loaf and butter , there were a couple of eggs and two mutton chops — there was boiled and pickled salmon — fried trout also potted trout and potted shrimps . " |
| 23 | Wood met him at the door . |
| 24 | Fox met him at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 25 | He seems to have been retiring to his ships again when Edmund overtook him at the hill called Assandun ( probably Ashdon in north-west or Ashingdon in south-east Essex ) . |
| 26 | Bodie acknowledged him at the bar . |
| 27 | Not for the first time this season MrTyson needed a police escort as protesting losers surrounded him at the end . |
| 28 | Through the front window Mrs Mann saw him at the gate , and turned quickly to the girl who worked with her . |