Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been defeated at his first attempt in 1685 , and in 1689 petitioned the Commons against Tory violence at the hustings . |
| 2 | A glimpse of his flamboyant lifestyle can be seen at his former Nottinghamshire home , NEWSTEAD ABBEY , a beautifully preserved tribute to this great Romantic . |
| 3 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 4 | Service may be effected at his principal place of business in the jurisdiction , regardless of his current residence . |
| 5 | He seemed to be sitting at his own centre , in the innermost room of his heart , as he heard the words . |
| 6 | He must be chuckling at his new image . |
| 7 | Paul Merton is clearly being outdone at his own specialist brand of humour : being plain and uncouth and mad as well , to the point of hilarity . |
| 8 | The 29ft 6in columns of North Leith Church were to reappear at his great Classical mansion of Camperdown seven years later . |
| 9 | The observations made there by Lee , his friends and assistants were published at his own expense in several volumes . |
| 10 | Charlie assumed that he must fall with every pace he took , as he watched the lieutenant treat the German wire as just another hurdle , before running on towards the enemy trenches as if they were the finishing line in some race being held at his public school . |
| 11 | Between 673 and 675 Wulfhere is found at his royal residence at Thame in Oxfordshire confirming a grant by which Frithuwald , sub-king of Wulfhere in the province of Surrey , gave land to Chertsey in the company of three other sub-kings , most probably of the regions bordering on Surrey — Osric , Wigheard and Aethelwald , all representing territories soon to be wholly subsumed within larger political creations ( CS 34 : S 1165 ) . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State is yawning at his own speech it is so boring . |
| 13 | Here he is captured at his influential peak — 1958 –'63; — on his TV series knocking out such favourites as ‘ My Old Man 's A Dustman ’ , ‘ Tom Dooley ’ and the recently Dylanised ‘ Froggie Went-A-Courtin' ’ . |
| 14 | Dustin had been working at his antique desk all morning on contact sheets of his wedding pictures , taken almost a year before , trying to pick out the ones to develop . |
| 15 | In 1953 he was placed at his own request on the Academy 's retired list . |
| 16 | Quicksilver , darting and with wonderful balance and control , Vince was seen at his best at Selhurst Park in Palace 's progress to the 2nd Division Championship in 1978–79 . |
| 17 | Two minutes later Leota was seen at his exciting best when he made a midfield break from 45 yards which took him clean through the Rovers defence , and when Taewa scored his second try in the 72nd minute Rovers looked to be subsiding fast . |
| 18 | He was discovered by his father , who at first did n't realise he was looking at his own son . |
| 19 | And he was looking at his own face . |
| 20 | Alfred was waving a white-stockinged leg in the air , Heinrich experimentally bending over in his black knee breeches ; James was pulling at his skimpy short jacket , puffing out his chest like Beerbohm Tree as d'Artagnan , Algernon was dancing a Highland fling showing off his black slipper shoes , and Alice and Emily were swishing merrily arm in arm through the kitchen in their huge , gathered black skirts covered with large , bibbed , lacy aprons . |
| 21 | He was buried at his own request , in Glasgow . |
| 22 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 23 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 24 | He and Cornelius approached the landlord , who was clutching at his mid regions and laughing like the drain of proverb . |
| 25 | Canon Wheeler was seated at his enormous desk in front of the ghastly picture of Marsyas . |
| 26 | The apothecary was sitting at his small desk under the open window but rose , laughing and clapping his hands as he recognised Corbett . |
| 27 | And I was sitting at his right hand . |
| 28 | The Ipswich equaliser came following a disputed corner , but Dalglish 's fury was directed at his own defence rather than the match official . |
| 29 | He was tugging at his lower lip and walking slowly round Gabriel . |
| 30 | Like all his books until Prancing Nigger ( 1924 ) , it was published at his own expense and to negligible acclaim . |