Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 2 | It still looked very much like a castle , the interior with great arched ceilings , and Maggie was determined to enjoy everything and ignore the dark , brooding air of the man who kept her closely at his side . |
| 3 | That had to be a good thing as far as she was concerned , she told herself , so therefore she took him exactly at his word . |
| 4 | ‘ by no means did [ the Danes ] provide him with less gifts , less national treasure ’ , says the poet with proud understatement , ‘ than those did ( þonne þá dydon ) who sent him out at his beginning , alone over the waves , being a child . ’ |
| 5 | At Thanksgiving 1985 , Bush sent North a postcard thanking him for his work ‘ with the hostage thing and in Central America ’ and exhorting him to get some turkey ; North read it out at his trial four years later as evidence of approval , but it was all delightfully vague . |