Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheyney moved to Venice in the 1840s , where he lived at the Palazzo Soranzo-Piovene on the Grand Canal . |
| 2 | An ill man , he returned to his brother James 's farm , where he died at the early age of forty-seven , 19 October 1799 . |
| 3 | He had no Scots upbringing either , since in 1924 his family moved to south Yorkshire , where he studied at the local elementary school and at Wath-on-Dearne Grammar School , before entering Magdalene College , Cambridge , in 1939 . |
| 4 | Achieving a personal style became his ultimate photographic ambition , and under the influence of Josef Herman , a Polish photographer who spent many years in Wales documenting the lives of the coal miners , he paid his first visit to The National Gallery , where he gazed at the Old Masters and eventually formed what he called ‘ a concept of total image ’ . |
| 5 | A report on ( Hekmatyar 's ) Radio Message of Freedom on Sept. 24 said that former President Najibullah had been moved from the UN offices in Kabul ( where he fled at the outset of the fall of his regime ) to Mazar-i-Sharif " where he now lives under the intimidation and torture of leaders of the unholy coalition of the north " . |
| 6 | He made his first stage appearance as an actor at Wigan in The King of Terrors in 1900 , taking fourteen more years to make his way into the West End , where he arrived at the Empire Theatre in October 1914 in By Jingo If We Do . |
| 7 | The Syrians performed the task swiftly , and Aoun was forced to take refuge in the French embassy , where he remained at the end of the year . |
| 8 | He did really well as a novice a year ago in some top class races in Ireland and , although he fell at the seventh in last year 's Gold Cup , he should be a more mature horse and a better jumper this season . |
| 9 | He was called to give evidence at this morning 's hearing , but , although he appeared at the witness stand he exercised his right to remain silent . |
| 10 | In front of it was the kitchen garden , which was the only part of the grounds to be kept in order , for Adam Diggory , although he grumbled at the necessity , was obliged to tend it as it provided most of the vegetable produce for the household table . |
| 11 | Lou never even looked , on Tuesday and Friday nights , any more than he looked at the instrument he played . |
| 12 | This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment . |
| 13 | The film was seen by many critics as Lester 's least satisfactory during that period , but it was probably far better than he believed at the time , while embroiled in battles with Frank . |
| 14 | Yet no sooner was the decision taken than he quailed at the prospect , for he knew that a full expression of the rage lying at the root of Emilia 's melancholic condition must quickly overwhelm him . |
| 15 | She loved this man and she knew more than he did at the moment . |
| 16 | It was disquieting , though , the way he seemed to have to make these excuses to himself , as if his conscience which he had , so he thought at the age of sixteen , successfully buried , had suddenly reawakened to plague him , not about the fundamentals of belief and morality but about such comparative trivialities as whether or not one should attend the church bazaar . |
| 17 | He despised her looks now , so he scoffed at the idea that it could be for sex . |
| 18 | Despite these pleas , magistrates granted Hagans bail , provided he stayed at the Ryecroft Bail Hostel . |
| 19 | Yanto cycled on down the wharf , dodging the mooring ropes until he arrived at the berth of a small Norwegian timber boat called ‘ Marit , ’ registered in Oslo . |
| 20 | Baldwin did not get the King 's message until he arrived at the Travellers ' Club for lunch . |
| 21 | Like everyone else on holiday , he thought he had ‘ got away from it all ’ for a few days until he arrived at the famous White Horse Inn and was confronted by … fellow Fellow ( ! ) |
| 22 | He did n't allow himself to think about Zoe until he arrived at the field entrance to the cottage . |
| 23 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 24 | Sir Frank Cooper was the top civil servant at the ministry , as permanent under secretary of state , from 1976 until he retired at the end of last year . |
| 25 | BAKER SAYS that although he 's done all sorts of jobs since — mostly on telly — he 's never ‘ had a time ’ like he did at the NME . |
| 26 | If he went at the natural pace , Michael Banks got lost and confused , unable to speak one line while hearing the next . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 28 | If he lingered at the end of the corridor he could see the class without Percy Makepeace seeing him . |
| 29 | None of the four phones would ring if he remained at the desk all day . |
| 30 | Together with Simon , Piggy had always got different solutions for problems because he looked at the world scientifically . |