Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In company where he felt at ease , able to be himself , with Paul Alexandre , Anna Akhmatova , Lunia Czechowska , Modigliani still behaved like the well-bred and courteous young man who had first charmed Paris . |
| 2 | His cramped room in the Decrucq house , that he shared at night with two small children , was no good for his art work . |
| 3 | The real reason was that he felt at ease ; he was no longer a figure of fun or an eyesore , he had a place — just as he did at first with Sien . |
| 4 | I can tell you that he lived at number forty-one I think , yes forty- one if , if you know if you want any confirmation , that is correct . |
| 5 | He gossips about the weather and American football , recalls that he played at school and in the Army , and was a big follower of the game . |
| 6 | The theological answer is that He feels at home anywhere because He is at home everywhere . |
| 7 | As the Prime Minister savours one of his last few busy days before the deluge , will he think back to the dinner that he gave at No. 10 Downing street last November on behalf of the Tory party for what The Sun — I must quote it accurately because it is from The Sun — |
| 8 | Regan favours the quality of ‘ intrinsic value ’ , a concept that he treats at length . |
| 9 | This required taking such steps as arranging the candidate 's schedule so as to ensure that he arrived at campaign stops in time for coverage on the nightly news . |
| 10 | He seems to have enjoyed greater success with the public than he did at home , however . |
| 11 | He should have gone away to prep school at eight , but Claudia did n't want him to feel rejected just because there was a baby half-sister , so he stayed at home . |
| 12 | Eventually he had to make a choice between management and working full time in front of the cameras — so he resigned at Villa . |
| 13 | He has little sympathy for the Arab nationalism that destroyed the Jews of Baghdad and the Christian Assyrians , and he quotes at length from Stephen Bloom 's ‘ almost lyrical ’ account of a Romanian childhood where Germans , Slovaks , Russians , Greeks , Turks , Armenians and Jews provided harmonious diversity . |
| 14 | The attendant 's smile faded rapidly and he looked at Donna with narrowed eyes . |
| 15 | One director used him in Waiting for Godot , and he felt at home in a straight play at last , but unfortunately a critic wrote four hundred words about the Christly nature of the moment when he took his hat off . |
| 16 | And he lunged at Anwar with a carrot that was Lying to hand . |
| 17 | His health began to deteriorate seriously towards the end of 1826 and he died at South Bank 17 February 1827 . |
| 18 | But , ’ and he nodded at Tundrish , ‘ your reply best describes what our Scouts squads must do now : help restore true law through wanton terrorism . |
| 19 | He suggested that the king should finance the war out of his own resources , and he hinted at corruption at court . |
| 20 | Partial topic framework existing in a conversation between K ( 20+ , female , Edinburgh-resident , university student , … ) and J ( 60+ , male , Edinburgh-resident , retired , … ) in P Working Men 's Club , Edinburgh , … ) at T ( early evening , spring , 1976 , … ) mentioning ( J's three children — J ‘ s brothers — the schools they attended — the schools J attended — that J did badly at school — J left school at fourteen ) when K asks J what he did after he left school J : oh I done odd jobs like + paper boy + chemist 's shop worked in a chemist shop + and done two or three others+ and I finally started in the bricklaying + so I served my time as a bricklayer + K : that 's good money J : nowadays it is but in that + when my time was out it wasn't+ it was only three pounds nine a week + so + + K : my father was a stonemason and he started at home + and they were paid a halfpenny an hour extra for being left-handed + + |
| 21 | If he remains at transport , he might yet have to revise that judgment . |
| 22 | If he remained at liberty , he could authorise the calling in of outside help — hence , as insurance , the coup leader 's attempt to destroy the President s reputation by connecting him to the cocaine trade . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , but he stays at home and never sees anybody , Mr Holmes ! ’ answered Helen Stoner . |
| 24 | Mr Szuluk was refused a clothing grant from the Department of Social Security , which said that because he lived at home with his parents , he was n't a priority case . |
| 25 | I would be flying over and staying with Angie for a couple of weeks at The Sherry Netherland , and Angie and I would go with Zowie in the daytime and then we 'd stay up all night with David because he functioned at night . |
| 26 | What will happen on Saturday is that the other half and kids will be banished to the shops , while he stays at home to watch the match in silence . |
| 27 | ‘ My husband was made redundant and I went out to work while he stayed at home to do the chores . |
| 28 | Since he arrived at Number Ten , back in November 1990 , friends have been insisting that he is his own man , sometimes protesting too much in the process . |
| 29 | Bénezet let him go , and sat for some moments considering what he had heard , before he rose at leisure , and walked back thoughtfully to the guesthall . |
| 30 | But when he woke at quarter past six , his mind was full of ugly images , of Alex trembling , of the gun , and , most of all , of the expression of bewilderment and betrayal on Michael Banks 's face as he clutched at his chest and sank to the ground . |