Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb past] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was leaving behind the other children , the only friends he had , and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world .
2 He took their biggest manual model , and he tipped at both ends , the ideal customer .
3 And he looked at the letter and he looked at that photograph and he thought , I ca n't .
4 But he brightened at these words of encouragement , for their kindly tone more than their meaning .
5 for not only was the Earl Patrick suspicious of anyone coming from the regency , but he happened at this juncture to be consoling himself with a local lady , in the absence of marital comforts .
6 But he criticised at greater length those university extra-mural departments which had expanded since the war through bypassing the WEA and putting on their own programmes of courses , courses with popular appeal to the already well-educated and.of a quality below that traditionally associated with universities .
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