Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [modal v] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 DiCillo , who adapted Johnny Suede from a monologue he used to perform at downtown New York clubs , says casting the lead was the most depressing experience of his life — until Pitt showed up .
2 It was n't really a question he could ask at this stage .
3 ‘ And tell your coach-driver he can leave at five o'clock .
4 The only bed he could claim at this point was in his penitential cell , but he went to it eagerly , glad to have a locked door between himself and the world .
5 He has limitations of memory ( is there a single pilot who can recall all the instructions in his operations manual ? ) , limitations of response times , limitations to the amount of information he can assimilate at one time and process mentally ; and everyone responds differently and at different rates .
6 On the other hand he could work at all hours of the day and night — much to the dismay of his advisers and household servants who would have preferred a more predictable routine .
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