Example sentences of "[vb past] he at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Benedict 's pulse began to beat in his throat , and he fought vainly against that familiar rush of heat to his blood that invariably engulfed him at the sight of her . |
| 32 | After the king 's death in 1223 , he pledged his support for Philip 's son Louis VII , but deserted him at the siege of Avignon in 1226 . |
| 33 | The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career . |
| 34 | I have never quite understood why " Chesh " as we called him at the time , was the only person I selected for training with the Force that my Master vetoed ; my Master also vetoed the selection of Leonard to command No 35 Squadron in the early days of the Pathfinder Force and I was never able to establish why . |
| 35 | I watched him at the bar , a short but fairly broad-shouldered figure with fairish hair . |
| 36 | I loved him at the beginning and could not hate him later — even when he was agonizing everyone . |
| 37 | A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts . |
| 38 | Wood met him at the door . |
| 39 | Daniel Marsh usually met him at the station , but today Nahum was early . |
| 40 | Garvey , anxious to keep their line of work secret , met him at the foot of the ladder with whispered protests and badly disguised anger . |
| 41 | Lillee met him at the gate and escorted him to the middle . |
| 42 | ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house . |
| 43 | Fox met him at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 44 | You met him at the Kremlin . |
| 45 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 46 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |
| 47 | Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself . |
| 48 | I insulted him at the time . |
| 49 | As for the withdrawal from the battlefield of Robert Bossu , that restless , conscientious , subtle and efficient man , it was a model of consideration and tact , as always , with a quiet word to Abbot Radulfus , and a sharp glance at his two squires , who understood him at the lift of an eyebrow or the flash of a smile . |
| 50 | And when a fellow American expatriate , Ethel Sands , saw him at the Richmonds ' in Wiltshire , he seemed " peaceful and happy now , after his stormy life … " |
| 51 | ‘ I saw him at the tow-lift earlier , ’ she revealed . |
| 52 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 53 | The question in Hunt 's mind , when I saw him at the beginning of the 1976 season , was whether changing teams and style was going to make a substantial difference in his way of life : in his informality , his private life , his sense of his own personal liberty . |
| 54 | She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct . |
| 55 | We saw him at the Rugby World Cup Final , consoling Carling . |
| 56 | We saw him at the Test matches , congratulating Gooch . |
| 57 | Through the front window Mrs Mann saw him at the gate , and turned quickly to the girl who worked with her . |
| 58 | ‘ Was he always alone when you saw him at the house ? ’ |
| 59 | ‘ I saw him at the Jobcentre a lot . |
| 60 | I thought you said you saw him at the bus station this morning . |