Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The observations made there by Lee , his friends and assistants were published at his own expense in several volumes . |
| 2 | In 1953 he was placed at his own request on the Academy 's retired list . |
| 3 | He was discovered by his father , who at first did n't realise he was looking at his own son . |
| 4 | And he was looking at his own face . |
| 5 | He was buried at his own request , in Glasgow . |
| 6 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 7 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 8 | Canon Wheeler was seated at his enormous desk in front of the ghastly picture of Marsyas . |
| 9 | The apothecary was sitting at his small desk under the open window but rose , laughing and clapping his hands as he recognised Corbett . |
| 10 | And I was sitting at his right hand . |
| 11 | The Ipswich equaliser came following a disputed corner , but Dalglish 's fury was directed at his own defence rather than the match official . |
| 12 | He was tugging at his lower lip and walking slowly round Gabriel . |
| 13 | Like all his books until Prancing Nigger ( 1924 ) , it was published at his own expense and to negligible acclaim . |