Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the age of 23 in 1938 he captained his country at one game and , more surprisingly , his county , Warwickshire in the other . |
| 2 | Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage . |
| 3 | After the war , when he was out of the army , he tried his hand at several things , and they were all pretty much a disaster . |
| 4 | When he tried his hand at another murder and the proposed victim turned out to be a young Anglo-Prussian only just arrived in Vienna , it seemed likely you were the man . |
| 5 | I studied his arguments at great length over the weekend and I have come to the conclusion that much of the hon. Gentleman 's argument is extremely valid and needs a great deal of further consideration . |
| 6 | But two lorry drivers passing the scene described Mrs Chandler 's attacker as slightly smaller than her and estimated his height at five feet eight or nine inches . |
| 7 | Just up the road , at Langport in Somerset , was the birthplace of Walter Bagehot ( 1826–1877 ) , although as he directed his microphone at Liberal Democrat hecklers John Major had other things on his mind . |
| 8 | I 'm advised that the Chairman can call the reserve , the speaker who reserved his remarks at any time . |
| 9 | More concerned that this reflected on his own abilities than his tutor 's zest , Leonard telephoned his residence at Bowdy House , in the poorer district of Montreal . |
| 10 | Following a conversion at sea he became an evangelical Christian , and spare-time preaching developed his ability at public speaking . |
| 11 | At a Prestwich meeting in 1936 he lost his temper at persistent heckling , jumped into his audience and knocked three of the ringleaders senseless . |
| 12 | The kingdom of Heaven was present in the sense that God guided his people at all times . |
| 13 | The son of a submariner and a waitress , he started his education at comprehensive school before gaining a naval scholarship to public school , where Douglas Hitchhiker 's Guide Adams was one year senior . |
| 14 | A ‘ serious ‘ cricketer and rugby player himself ( now a keen tennis player and golfer ) , he started his career at sponsored book company Newman Neame . |
| 15 | She clutched his arm at one point , bringing him to a halt in the middle of the pavement , heedless of the passers-by as she pointed to a tall column at the end of the street . |
| 16 | Four soldiers with submachine guns patrolled the room , and an officer made his rounds at frequent intervals . |
| 17 | The company secretary orally requested the auditors to give a valuation , which they duly did , and the plaintiff sold his shares at that price . |
| 18 | Bond he no longer has the Princess Di haircut by the way reorganised his team at half time , pushing former Quaker Alan Walsh further forward , but Quakers had the perfect answer . |
| 19 | Martin Postle splices detail and generalisation , so that he can move deftly from a meticulous account of Reynolds ' studio practice to the perceptive observation that ‘ it was not Reynolds ’ style but his lack of style which characterised his work at this time as sitters danced , flirted , embroidered , sacrificed to pagan deities , or merely meditated , in the manner of Guido Reni , Titian , Van Dyck or even Michelangelo ’ . |