Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [vb past] at a " in BNC.

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1 He has no heroes , except perhaps Kemal Ataturk , the stern maker of modern , secular Turkey , whose discoloured photograph he saw at a Turkish border post .
2 After dark he stopped at a Little Chef , had a quick meal of scrambled eggs and coffee , then continued his journey .
3 The 16-year-old , who can not be named for legal reasons , was granted bail at Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , on condition he stayed at a residential school run by the local authority until his next court appearance on October 7 .
4 Clocaenog village he left at a distance on his left hand , and wound his way up into the hills again .
5 A STREET busker who told a jury he shared Madonna 's views on sex was convicted yesterday of raping a 19-year-old girl he seized at a bus stop .
6 On one occasion he kicked at a fence which was enclosing a footpath , saying ' I have no respect for the Whigs , but I have a good deal of the Chartist in me' .
7 On a more light-hearted note , a friend of mine had become sexually involved with a woman he met at a party , although he confided that he had niggling doubts about the relationship .
8 In the summer of his second year at university he worked at a butcher 's .
9 Once in the street he walked at a gentle pace .
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