Example sentences of "[noun] he was [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One moment he was shouting at the boys in the dorm to keep quiet , the next thing he was in the bathroom retching , then out on the landing , heaving and crying out . |
| 2 | Having lost one job he was interviewed at the Feltham Ordnance Factory , but was rejected as useless , ‘ having fallen asleep while waiting to be given instructions ’ . |
| 3 | And since , unlike many wives of city moguls , she 'd had recent experience at the sharp end of business in the City of London , she understood , only too clearly , the problems he was facing at the present time . |
| 4 | In all probability he was greeted at the tiny settlement known as The Lagoons by an impromptu ‘ corrobery ’ , just as the missionary James Backhouse had been the year before . |
| 5 | Sir James was reported as having called for a return of capital punishment , launched an attack on the parole system , favoured the abolition of the right to silence for accused persons , referred to a black person as a ‘ nig-nog ’ , and made a remark about ‘ murderous Sikhs ’ involved in a case he was hearing at the time . |
| 6 | Only three weeks ago Clough launched a scathing attack on the way he was treated at the European championship finals in Sweden this summer and voiced his disapproval at manager Taylor 's long-ball style . |
| 7 | In truth , he also wanted to get married and could not afford to do so on the salary he was receiving at the Yorkshire Institution — one of the worst paid in the country . |
| 8 | All we had to do was to pay the expense of the helicopter that brought him in because at that time he was appearing at the Prince of Wales and it was a matter of him fitting his time in with his performances , you see ? |