Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keen mountaineer Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , left to go on a day 's hiking in an area frequented by grizzly bears last Thursday , but friends only reported him missing at the weekend . |
| 2 | A chance visit to Blackwardine caused him to look at the map for features of interest . |
| 3 | He reckoned he lived at the corner of or something , so , when I asked him where he lived ? |
| 4 | I heard him growling at the crowd . |
| 5 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 6 | He watched his dejected figure walk past him into the cottage and , after allowing a few minutes to elapse , followed him in and discovered him sitting at the table in the living room , his bag of apples and sandwich lying untouched . |
| 7 | Her finely shaped brows met in dark disapproval as she watched him pick at the lock with a thin piece of wire that he had produced from somewhere in the depths of his pocket . |
| 8 | Success in the Caucasian war and the friendship between Bariatinskii and the tsar restored him to favour at the centre and gave him the chance of putting his ideas into practice . |
| 9 | I mean they were n't badly Me father at th er at the beginning of the war he worked he worked at the Grove pit , down the mine at the Grove and he used to be on afternoons . |
| 10 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 11 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 12 | He watched her climb on to the chair , and she saw him grin at the sight of her sore rump , which she thought must burn as brightly as any beacon . |
| 13 | However his teachers recognised his exceptional qualities and he was given junior teaching posts which enabled him to register at the University of Pennsylvania , where he obtained his Master 's degree and began to work towards a PhD , specialising in philosophy . |
| 14 | ‘ The first time we went he looked at the dog and showed no interest . |
| 15 | Well he was as far as I can remember he was thirty eight he , he went he worked at the Gas Works , ca n't remember much about that really but er I think he 'd actually been working nights and came home and actually died in bed I believe . |
| 16 | Enoch Powell was a Tory minister , but which party did he represent at the end of his career ? |
| 17 | But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it . |
| 18 | But little did he know at the time , how soon he 'd need it . |
| 19 | ‘ How long did he spend at the estate ? ’ |
| 20 | Mr Jones , of the Barnard Castle fire station , said he arrived at the scene of the accident near Windy Hill Quarry to find ambulance staff holding the victim 's head above the water . |
| 21 | Private Barry Aindow ( 23 ) said he fired at the car because he feared his colleagues ' lives were in danger . |
| 22 | But yesterday at court Meehan said he shouted at the family to keep away from his home . |