Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has no heroes , except perhaps Kemal Ataturk , the stern maker of modern , secular Turkey , whose discoloured photograph he saw at a Turkish border post . |
| 2 | After dark he stopped at a Little Chef , had a quick meal of scrambled eggs and coffee , then continued his journey . |
| 3 | The 16-year-old , who can not be named for legal reasons , was granted bail at Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , on condition he stayed at a residential school run by the local authority until his next court appearance on October 7 . |
| 4 | For two years he taught at a preparatory school in Reigate , before being appointed head of the English department at Stowe by the school 's headmaster , J. F. Roxburgh [ q.v . ] . |
| 5 | He enjoyed the salmon trout he ate at the small inn there but was mighty scathing about the visitors ' book ( as well as about the notion that the lake might actually be beautiful ) : ‘ You will see only two kinds of exclamations in it : one about the beauty of the Lac de Gaube , the other about how good the trout are … which means that only fools or gluttons have picked up the pen to sign their names and their thoughts . ’ |
| 6 | After demobilization he worked at the National Hospital , Queen Square , and at Hammersmith Hospital , and in 1947 was appointed assistant physician to Dr A. G. Ogilvie at the RVI , where he further developed his neurological interests and established a flourishing private practice . |
| 7 | Constable Laurie gave evidence that on 5th August he entered at the back door of 149 Chatham Street , that he received from her 1/9d. , and that she received from him a betting slip . |
| 8 | Moving to the door he called at the retreating back : |
| 9 | With the milled edge of the coin he chipped at the red-brown crust that had formed between the lower lip of the cap of the bolt and the metal sheet plate of the carriage flooring . |
| 10 | With his free hand he pulled at the cheap cloth of her blouse until it slipped from her shoulders and bared her breasts . |
| 11 | In that same year he spoke at the National Free Church Council 's tercentenary celebration of Cromwell 's birth , held in his own City Temple . |
| 12 | Will the limbless Mr Azul think I 'm the guy he saw at the front door ? |
| 13 | Once in the street he walked at a gentle pace . |