Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirkpatrick helped his father at the forge , worked on a neighbouring farm , got a job as a coachman , and at twenty-two became an assistant to the blacksmith of Walter Scott , fifth Duke of Buccleuch [ q.v. ] , at Drumlanrig . |
| 2 | He jerked his head at the shy . |
| 3 | In his rage he declared war on the whole animal tribe , swearing that he would exterminate the lot of them , and recapture his daughter at the same time . |
| 4 | Although Billing retained his seat at the 1918 general election , ill health forced his retirement in 1921 . |
| 5 | In a sense , Franco had the United Nations to thank for consolidating his regime at the end of the Second World War . |
| 6 | Gloucestershire 's Richard Mainwaring is so good he walks on water … the British Barefoot Water ski-ing champion defends his title at the Cirencester Club in the Cotswold Water Park this weekend … he 's looking for his ninth win and that will be a world record … |
| 7 | These included the rationalization of the State Intelligence Secretariat ( SIDE ) , with one-third of employees being made redundant and buildings and vehicles auctioned off ( the SIDE chief , Juan Bautista Yofre , announcing his resignation at the end of the month and being succeeded by Hugo Anzorreguí ) , and the creation of a central body to supervise the finances of public-sector companies due for privatization . |
| 8 | So , too , was runner-up Chris Platts , who shot a fine final round 68 to finish two shots clear of David Jones , Roger Winchester — who did win his card at the Qualifying School — and local player S. Okpe . |
| 9 | Despite pleas from his mother , Jackie was next to try his hand at the sport . |
| 10 | In 1984 he married a French woman , and the following year travelled to France to try his hand at the colour photography which seemed so popular in European magazines . |
| 11 | Then Graham switched on his intercom and snapped , ‘ Tell Sam Sir Daniel 's on his way down , wants his car at the front , ’ before sitting down heavily and sweeping the two newspapers on his blotter into the wastepaper basket beside his desk . |
| 12 | ‘ Kick me again , ’ said Georgiades , keeping his voice at the gentle , conversational level , ‘ and I will kick your balls so hard that they will fly out of your backside . ’ |
| 13 | he played once more before the Lord 's show-piece and was called six times for throwing in the Hampshire match , but the selectors decided to risk him again in the second Test , where he was to meet his fate at the most famous ground in cricket . |
| 14 | If he gets back , tell him I expect his attendance at the ball . ’ |
| 15 | Isabelle and Eric 's idea of a good night is to listen to music together or for Eric to write his poetry at the coffee table . |
| 16 | Now , Huy was visiting the embalmer alone , barely repressing his fury at the delay , but for which a girl 's life might have been saved . |
| 17 | A dissenting shareholder should lodge his opposition at the meeting of shareholders and should also appear at the hearing of the petition . |
| 18 | The accused was guilty of manslaughter even though he did not direct his attack at the victim . |
| 19 | Dr Neil , coming into the parlour where McAllister was permitted to knit and sew , caught his breath at the sight of her with the doll . |
| 20 | Now Dr Winfield — and I have ratified this — made 127 sorties ; he could not have enjoyed his period at the Institute very much because he never seemed to he there , But he would come on a station with some project he wanted to fully research and he believed the only way to fully research these things was to " try them out on the dog " . |
| 21 | If he 's never caught his breath at the sight of your crooked smile , or felt his heart lurch with love at the sound of your voice , or watched you walk across a room and wanted you and finally found out that you return his feelings , then he 's a poor man and I 'm the richest man in the world . |
| 22 | ‘ I promise you , Ranulf , I will think on the matter , ’ Athelstan replied , trying to hide his amusement at the thought of St Erconwald 's full of tarry-hooded rat-catchers , all looking like Ranulf . |
| 23 | Failing to hide his irascibility at the belligerent critic , Lord Ridley adopted a tactic other directors may be well advised to follow to silence unruly shareholders . |
| 24 | Polsky used his ability at the pool-table in his study of ‘ hustlers ’ : |
| 25 | Another bogus defector was code-named Fedora , possibly in reality Viktor Lessiovski , who used his work at the United Nations as a cover . |
| 26 | Mr Redwood used his debut at the Welsh Tory Conference in Llangollen at the weekend to ram home this message , which will have special meaning for Welsh-speaking communities in North Wales . |
| 27 | Alf , the Conway House driver , had parked his bus at the end of the road , and , as they approached , Rachel could see the passengers waving to them . |
| 28 | Later during the first journey , comedian Jimmy Edwards tried his hand at the controls . |
| 29 | He tried his hand at the Can-Am series in North America . |
| 30 | Guinness tried his hand at the new Porter with rather more success than his fellow Dublin brewers . |