Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | An ill man , he returned to his brother James 's farm , where he died at the early age of forty-seven , 19 October 1799 . |
2 | He had no Scots upbringing either , since in 1924 his family moved to south Yorkshire , where he studied at the local elementary school and at Wath-on-Dearne Grammar School , before entering Magdalene College , Cambridge , in 1939 . |
3 | Achieving a personal style became his ultimate photographic ambition , and under the influence of Josef Herman , a Polish photographer who spent many years in Wales documenting the lives of the coal miners , he paid his first visit to The National Gallery , where he gazed at the Old Masters and eventually formed what he called ‘ a concept of total image ’ . |
4 | He did really well as a novice a year ago in some top class races in Ireland and , although he fell at the seventh in last year 's Gold Cup , he should be a more mature horse and a better jumper this season . |
5 | After reading the signpost , the user moves off in the direction of his choice until he arrives at the next crossroads . |
6 | Like everyone else on holiday , he thought he had ‘ got away from it all ’ for a few days until he arrived at the famous White Horse Inn and was confronted by … fellow Fellow ( ! ) |
7 | If he went at the natural pace , Michael Banks got lost and confused , unable to speak one line while hearing the next . |
8 | But to allow you to get a bonus point , if he continues at the same level , will we require further annualising from him . |
9 | How right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , of course I could n't go into this because it 's out of order but on the other hand I would simply say to the honourable gentleman if he looks at the basic policies , the basic flaw of the E C is it ca n't solve problems and all these new M E Ps we 're thinking of sending over I think we should bear in mind the problem , they 're going over to something where problems ca n't be solved . |
10 | Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime after 25/3/74 , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the terminated interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is prima facie chargeable in respect of its value . |
11 | Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is to be charged as if he had made a transfer ( Continued on page 129 ) of value at that time and the value transferred had been equal to the value of the property in which the interest subsisted . |
12 | It seems , then , that not only may an entrepreneur-producer be a monopolist because he happens at the same time to be a monopolist resource owner , he may be a monopolist because he has made himself a monopolist resource owner in the course of his entrepreneurial activities . |
13 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
14 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
15 | Since he continued at the same time to deny any intention to stand , the letter seemed designed to test the ground while adding to the ferment in the parliamentary party — especially among those MPs sitting in vulnerable , marginal seats . |
16 | When he looked at the tremendous penalty borne by the aircraft in regard to the armour plating carried , the first thing to go was a huge ½″ thick slab that could have graced Fort Knox , but which protected the W/Op and the cabin crew , and that must have weighed several hundred pounds . |
17 | He must have supposed himself to be using a language absolutely purged of metaphor when he wrote at the grand climax of the Discourse on method |
18 | New Zealander Chris O'Neill was the first Kiwi to sport the red and white of Japan when he played at the 1990 Hong Kong Sevens — but he almost certainly wo n't be the last . |
19 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
20 | Now , Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown plans to raise the whole issue when he speaks at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno later today . |
21 | When he arrived at the right house he checked the number carefully against his piece of paper . |
22 | A COOKSTOWN man was remanded on bail when he appeared at the local Magistrates Court yesterday charged with handling stolen goods valued at £20,000 . |
23 | And when he gets it on , the , the C and D truck it sets off , what happens when he stops at the first set of traffic lights ? or turns out ? |
24 | The author is on stronger ground when he looks at the technical characteristics of various modes . |
25 | Brian Robinson , I believe , has every right to feel aggrieved when he looks at the other members of the back row . |
26 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
27 | ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man . |
28 | He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow . |
29 | Now , as he looked at the old woman , his expression became soft , almost tender . |
30 | Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras . |