Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] he at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
| 2 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 3 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 4 | Decided to play him at his own game . |
| 5 | Before he had finished he had become manager 's clerk at the Newcastle branch and the bank had offered to sponsor him at university . |
| 6 | Ramsey was asked to meet him at dinner in Magdalene before the meeting and to second the vote of thanks in the Guildhall . |
| 7 | I was n't allowed to visit him at Croisset . |
| 8 | Little wonder he saw some fresh sport in the pursuit of someone like Shannon , who was single-mindedly determined to keep him at arm 's length . |
| 9 | They forced him across the pitch they forced him onto his right-hand side Collimore which is n't his best side and they 've managed t they 've managed to frustrate him at his shooting at a distance . |
| 10 | What was required to hold him at bay was constant vigilance . |
| 11 | But would the pain of losing him be any the less simply because she 'd managed to hold him at bay ? |