Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ill man , he returned to his brother James 's farm , where he died at the early age of forty-seven , 19 October 1799 . |
| 2 | He had no Scots upbringing either , since in 1924 his family moved to south Yorkshire , where he studied at the local elementary school and at Wath-on-Dearne Grammar School , before entering Magdalene College , Cambridge , in 1939 . |
| 3 | Achieving a personal style became his ultimate photographic ambition , and under the influence of Josef Herman , a Polish photographer who spent many years in Wales documenting the lives of the coal miners , he paid his first visit to The National Gallery , where he gazed at the Old Masters and eventually formed what he called ‘ a concept of total image ’ . |
| 4 | He did really well as a novice a year ago in some top class races in Ireland and , although he fell at the seventh in last year 's Gold Cup , he should be a more mature horse and a better jumper this season . |
| 5 | Steve has got one that he played at the last S L Os meeting , it lasts about four minutes it 's as long as the song he ai n't heavy he 's my brother . |
| 6 | The Gesta clearly states ( though very briefly ) that he studied at the great law university of Bologna . |
| 7 | The prosecution finally dropped its charges when Robert McFarlane , National Security Adviser in 1983-85 and thus North 's superior , who was brought before Gesell on Sept. 11 as a test case to decide whether proceedings should continue , declared that North 's congressional testimony had a " very powerful impact " on him and " coloured " evidence that he gave at the original trial . |
| 8 | Chance evidence from one chronicle records that he stayed at the Benedictine abbey of Andres in the Pas de Calais on his way before crossing the Channel . |
| 9 | I think it 's just that he arrived at the same conclusions . |
| 10 | He was supposed to deliver a bull to the district officer , it was about three weeks ago , and he decided at the last moment to replace the bull with another one . |
| 11 | And he waved at the magnificent room , and her whole luxurious life which she knew beyond a doubt that she was willing to give up forever . |
| 12 | Like everyone else on holiday , he thought he had ‘ got away from it all ’ for a few days until he arrived at the famous White Horse Inn and was confronted by … fellow Fellow ( ! ) |
| 13 | If he went at the natural pace , Michael Banks got lost and confused , unable to speak one line while hearing the next . |
| 14 | But he shuddered at the military and political repercussions throughout the Middle East of a Western bid to defeat or overthrow Nasser . |
| 15 | But he appeared at the Old Bailey for an earlier trespass at Buckingham Palace , during which he had drunk some wine in the office of the Prince of Wales ' private secretary , and was sent to a secure hospital in Liverpool . |
| 16 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 17 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
| 18 | Since he continued at the same time to deny any intention to stand , the letter seemed designed to test the ground while adding to the ferment in the parliamentary party — especially among those MPs sitting in vulnerable , marginal seats . |
| 19 | When he looked at the tremendous penalty borne by the aircraft in regard to the armour plating carried , the first thing to go was a huge ½″ thick slab that could have graced Fort Knox , but which protected the W/Op and the cabin crew , and that must have weighed several hundred pounds . |
| 20 | He must have supposed himself to be using a language absolutely purged of metaphor when he wrote at the grand climax of the Discourse on method |
| 21 | New Zealander Chris O'Neill was the first Kiwi to sport the red and white of Japan when he played at the 1990 Hong Kong Sevens — but he almost certainly wo n't be the last . |
| 22 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
| 23 | When he arrived at the right house he checked the number carefully against his piece of paper . |
| 24 | A COOKSTOWN man was remanded on bail when he appeared at the local Magistrates Court yesterday charged with handling stolen goods valued at £20,000 . |
| 25 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man . |
| 27 | He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow . |
| 28 | Now , as he looked at the old woman , his expression became soft , almost tender . |
| 29 | Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras . |
| 30 | He frowned as he stared at the brown water still gushing from the tap . |