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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He argued that at deeper levels of processing , more semantic encoding is performed .
2 In this condition , and with much-increased fuel tankage , it could usually reach at least 30,000 feet , and on one occasion was taken up to 36,000 feet by George Burges — although he reported that at this height it was very unstable .
3 He estimated that at that time the local wind had become steady at 15 to 20 mph from 300°M , which was less than that on previous occasions when he had operated from the same field .
4 It was strange , but he imagined that at such times as this , when there was only himself and his mother in the house , the building had left its base and was afloat in the air .
5 Yet with contradictory logic he claimed that at this level a contributory pension would stimulate retirement , since older people would withdraw from full-time work and would ‘ eke out ’ their pensions by
6 He postulated that at one time there had been an area of land in what is now the Atlantic Ocean allowing plants to move from Spain to Ireland .
7 Still he hesitated and at that moment there came a tap at Rachel 's door and David put his head round .
8 He , he , he said that at one point this chap had used the phrase that well that they were going for controlled destabilization from the Health Service .
9 With a loyal and loving woman behind him and the semblance of domestic life , he hoped that at last Modi would settle down and produce more paintings .
  Next page