Example sentences of "[vb pp] his [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Dr Winfield — and I have ratified this — made 127 sorties ; he could not have enjoyed his period at the Institute very much because he never seemed to he there , But he would come on a station with some project he wanted to fully research and he believed the only way to fully research these things was to " try them out on the dog " . |
| 2 | If he 's never caught his breath at the sight of your crooked smile , or felt his heart lurch with love at the sound of your voice , or watched you walk across a room and wanted you and finally found out that you return his feelings , then he 's a poor man and I 'm the richest man in the world . |
| 3 | Alf , the Conway House driver , had parked his bus at the end of the road , and , as they approached , Rachel could see the passengers waving to them . |
| 4 | The pain was the result of a German mortar fragment which had smashed his thigh at the battle of Arnhem , three years before . |
| 5 | They had missed his flute at the wedding . |
| 6 | He has met his brothers at the fair which accompanies the hiring but otherwise there has been no joy ; certainly nothing to bring to his wife , Emily , who has been driven up to the town and found refuge in the house of a local schoolmaster , Mr Stephens . |
| 7 | On the day on which Saad Rashid had received the confirmation of the transaction from Switzerland , he had tidied his desk at the back of the Iraqi Airlines office , taken what few personal possessions he kept there and placed them in his briefcase , locked his door , pocketed his key , and told his assistant manager that he believed he was showing the first symptoms of the ‘ flu that was sweeping London . |
| 8 | But having had his look at the outside Phar Lap returned to join the rest of the pack , and though he remained at the rear he was going very easily . |
| 9 | Citibank , for example , will refund the difference if a customer finds he has not bought his goods at the best advertised price . |
| 10 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
| 11 | Having raised his standard at the very nadir of France 's fortunes , when to do so seemed a hopeless and almost irrational gesture , he claimed the high ground of principle for himself . |
| 12 | His counsel , Mr Charles Gray , QC , suggested that the libel had damaged his reputation at a time when he was about to break into serious acting after a string of top 10 hits as a pop star and a stint in the Australian TV soap , Neighbours . |
| 13 | Unknown to Merseyside Police , the Samaritans received a telephone call about midday from a man believed to be Mr Ashworth saying he had abandoned his son at a citizen 's advice bureau in Brandon Street , Hamilton , near Glasgow . |
| 14 | It is expected , however , that the Irishman will make known his views at a later date . |
| 15 | But after Richie had pulled his strings at the Home Office it was agreed that a little deception could be practised . |
| 16 | Cloud by day and fire by night marked his presence at the tabernacle , which was quite literally in their midst . |
| 17 | It is no accident that Schickelgruber , the failed artist who became Hitler , should have been the son of a petty official and have spent his ambitions at the butt end of Viennese snobbery . |
| 18 | At this same time Leslie had voiced his discontent at the ‘ ponderous inefficiency ’ and ‘ heartless bureaucracy ’ of the conventional army , and it was then that the ideas in Tom Wintringham 's New Ways of War began to influence his thinking . |
| 19 | South-west of Brussels , in the village of Braine-le-Comte , His Royal Highness the Prince William , Prince of Orange , heir to the throne of the Netherlands , and Duke , Earl , Lord , Stadtholder , Margrave and Count of more towns and provinces than even he could remember , leaned forward in his chair , fixed his gaze at the mirror which stood on the dressing-table and , with exquisite care , squeezed a blackhead on his chin . |
| 20 | All the seats had been taken , but once Myeloski had waved his warrant-card at the ticket-desk they had been given seats . |
| 21 | Bob Busby had also concluded his business at the urinal , but is adjusting his dress with a great deal of fumbling and knee-flexing , as if his member is of such majestic size that it can be coaxed back into his Y-fronts only with the greatest difficulty . |
| 22 | Faldo has increased his lead at the top of the world rankings and is now well ahead of Fred Couples and Jose Maria Olazabal . |
| 23 | They lost Tony Cottey but Richards , who has announced his retirement at the end of this season , stood firm . |
| 24 | He had deliberately withdrawn his insistence at the last minute , Belinda realised now , so that her decision came freely . |
| 25 | Critics , however , said that he had ‘ blown it ’ and that his loss on time — unusual among top players — had exposed his inexperience at the very highest level . |
| 26 | Given his head at the Republican convention of 1952 he accused the Democrats of having been in charge of ‘ twenty years of treason ’ , a phrase which stuck , much to the Republican advantage . |
| 27 | His absence from this squad was perhaps surprising given his display at the Kelso tournament last autumn where his athleticism at kick-off virtually assured his team the ball , whether advancing or on the receiving end . |
| 28 | The white man , as is his habit , acted as though it all came as an immense surprise , and having registered his perturbation at the undamned reservoirs of fury from those previously ‘ unheard ’ , called for reconciliation and mutual forgiveness and understanding . |
| 29 | He has retained his post at the imperial court in Hue . |
| 30 | If Tebbit wished to attack bias as such he should have directed his criticism at the press rather than television . |