Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | After we went through the second door , Buff stood without moving and he looked at the trees and did n't say anything . |
| 32 | My enthusiasm transmitted itself to Malc and he left at the end of visiting time a happier man . |
| 33 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 34 | An officer to Burun 's right stumbled , and he clutched at the handrail at his side . |
| 35 | and he asked at the pier for my father |
| 36 | And he 'd got a strip of steel about four inches the half inch and he stuck at the back of his , i it was a long seat that were a four of us sat on with iron legs and they stuck it in the wood and you 'd flip it and it i , you know how it would sto |
| 37 | Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election . |
| 38 | And he applauded at the end of the recital . |
| 39 | Right he then went to the pulpit and he said that he was gon na preach about Lazarus actually but he 's a quiet fellow and he shouted at the top of his voice I 'm speaking about satanic bondage ! |
| 40 | Scathach 's horse panicked and he shouted at the creature , which stamped in the water , twisting and tugging with discomfort . |
| 41 | The lights went down and he sat at the back , trying to gauge the reaction of a packed audience . |
| 42 | A convulsion shook him and he scrabbled at the ground , covering himself in a mask of wet earth and blood . |
| 43 | His father was told about the accident , and he arrived at the scene quickly enough to accompany Guy to hospital in the ambulance . |
| 44 | He was an engineer and erm he he was he made co , he worked on conveyers and things and then he changed his occupation became a civil servant and he worked at the Admiralty down on Templefields until it closed about ten years , cos my husband has been retired about five years now . |
| 45 | There are yours , ’ and he pointed at the papers and my escape equipment on the table . |
| 46 | The shock seared through his arm and he grabbed at the bracelet as though trying to tear it from his wrist . |
| 47 | Alain came in as the doctor 's car left the house and he stood at the foot of the bed and regarded her sternly . |
| 48 | The fertile combination of theory and practice was his own , however , and he stood at the head of a great group of people working on the new phenomena of electricity . |
| 49 | Fred had to agree , and he smiled at the passion in his pretty young wife 's voice . |
| 50 | It 'll remind you that Ninfania was n't always like this ’ — and he waved at the window to the town outside , beyond his closed shutters . |
| 51 | Despite these pleas , magistrates granted Hagans bail , provided he stayed at the Ryecroft Bail Hostel . |
| 52 | He did n't allow himself to think about Zoe until he arrived at the field entrance to the cottage . |
| 53 | Yanto cycled on down the wharf , dodging the mooring ropes until he arrived at the berth of a small Norwegian timber boat called ‘ Marit , ’ registered in Oslo . |
| 54 | Baldwin did not get the King 's message until he arrived at the Travellers ' Club for lunch . |
| 55 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 56 | Sir Frank Cooper was the top civil servant at the ministry , as permanent under secretary of state , from 1976 until he retired at the end of last year . |
| 57 | BAKER SAYS that although he 's done all sorts of jobs since — mostly on telly — he 's never ‘ had a time ’ like he did at the NME . |
| 58 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 59 | If he lingered at the end of the corridor he could see the class without Percy Makepeace seeing him . |
| 60 | None of the four phones would ring if he remained at the desk all day . |