Example sentences of "he [vb past] [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually he became manager at the Alton branch until the store closed in 1965 . |
| 2 | He read medicine at the University of Edinburgh , though it is doubtful if he ever intended to practise . |
| 3 | They came from Rick Todd , a Canadian now making his home in El Paso , Texas — Trevino country — presumably because he studied golf at the University of Texas-El Paso and decided to stick around , although you ca n't help but notice that he could n't have settled much further from Canada if he 'd tried . |
| 4 | He studied law at the Moscow State University , and went on to become a full Communist Party member two years later , in nineteen fifty two . |
| 5 | It will McCullough 's seventh fight since he turned pro at the start of the year . |
| 6 | He claimed funding at the Durham TEC would be cut by nearly £1m to £15.1m from April 1 a fall of 7.3 per cent . |
| 7 | He then writes that in the early part of 821/early 1418 , Molla Fenari appointed his younger son , Sinan al-Din Yusuf Bali Celebi ( Yusuf Bali ) , as naib for the kadilik of Bursa and with his elder son , Muhyi " l-Din Muhammad Shah Celebi ( Mehmed Sah Fenari ) , went directly to Egypt where he spent Ramadan at the Zayniyya medrese and awaited the arrival of Seyh Zeyneddin , with whom he subsequently made the pilgrimage in 822 , departing from , and returning to , Jerusalem . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose he heard gossip at the school . ’ |
| 9 | At first , he expressed surprise at the colours Saska had picked for his new look — a sludgy , greyish-green suit by top Italian designer , Giorgio Armani , teamed with a dusty tobacco silk turtleneck and cardigan from Nicole Farhi , to encourage Yuri to break away from his preferred monochromes . |
| 10 | He expressed dismay at the fact that the State President had failed to respond to the list of demands — mostly aimed at curtailing township violence — that the ANC had said should be sufficiently met before it returned to the negotiating table [ see p. 38948 ] . |
| 11 | He taught English at the Bredon Hill Middle School near Evesham , but was suspended from his duties when the allegations were made about his dealings with youngsters , who were not from the school . |
| 12 | Previously he taught mathematics at the REME base in Bordon . |
| 13 | He developed athletics at the college , and continued to run at meetings in China . |
| 14 | He started work at the Stationers ' Company School , London , in 1874 , and by the time he took up a post at Grantham Grammar School in 1884 he had already taught in Saffron Walden , Winchester , Newbury , and Cambridge . |
| 15 | Ram was now raising his gun as calmly as the waiter who dips his net into the tank … ah , but Ram had paused again , this time to cough and to smooth back his white moustaches which had been somewhat disarranged by the gust of air from his cough then he took aim at the gliding sepoy , there was a sudden wild foaming and thrashing of water , and the sepoy lay gasping on the turf . |
| 16 | Turning , he saw Chant at the caravan door , which was open . |
| 17 | Somewhere inside himself he felt disgust at the events of the previous few hours . |
| 18 | All five sustained massive injuries but the driver of the Honda survived and today he gave evidence at the inquest . |
| 19 | I should like to think that the Colonel 's sister-in-law ( the daughter of a dean ) to whom he gave dinner at the Café Royal , the Aunt whom he entertained at the Walsingham , and the Uncle whom he nicknamed the Nabob , were really his relations and not figments of his humorous imagination . |
| 20 | Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf . |
| 21 | He said morale at the inspectorate was improving , salaries had been increased by 30 per cent , and a recruitment drive was succeeding . |
| 22 | He left school at the Ewart Institute , Edinburgh , at the age of sixteen and worked on his father 's farm , which was mainly concerned with a herd of dairy cattle , a small flock of sheep , and some pigs and horses . |
| 23 | A contemporary of Mrs Jay , Dan Pilgrim of Helmingham , remembers one of his first jobs on the farm after he left school at the age of twelve . |
| 24 | He left school at the age of fourteen to follow the same trade , and two years later in 1835 took over the management of a boat-building yard at Lincoln which his father had acquired . |
| 25 | this is for fun … the Oxford board will decide but they watch central south so here 's your chance … we 've a shortlist of ten … first is Steve Coppell … he left Palace at the end of last season after nine years as manager … lots of experience … or how about Ray Clemence the ex England goalie … he lost his job at Spurs in the summer and would welcome a manager 's job … he could work with Doug Livermore who was also pushed aside when Ossie Ardiles moved into White Hart Lane … |
| 26 | this is for fun … the Oxford board will decide but they watch central south so here 's your chance … we 've a shortlist of ten … first is Steve Coppell … he left Palace at the end of last season after nine years as manager … lots of experience … or how about Ray Clemence the ex England goalie … he lost his job at Spurs in the summer and would welcome a manager 's job … he could work with Doug Livermore who was also pushed aside when Ossie Ardiles moved into White Hart Lane … |
| 27 | He was so embarrassed , and she could n't make the sting of it even worse by refusing when he suggested dining at the resort restaurant instead . |