Example sentences of "[to-vb] his [noun pl] at [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , these concerns led to a campaign of vilification in the press and Crowley was called the ‘ wickedest man in the world ’ ( 1923 ) on account of his endeavour to express his ideas at Cefalu , Sicily ( 1920–3 ) . |
| 2 | He entered the School in I893 and on leaving in 1896 — having obtained a first class in the London Matriculation the previous December — was awarded the John Benjamin Smith Exhibition to pursue his studies at Manchester . |
| 3 | Tennis : David Irvine sees the French Open champion continue to confound his doubters at Wembley Chang thriving in fast company . |
| 4 | I only knew because he 's had to change his shifts at Conway House a couple of times so that he could be with her after her chemotherapy sessions . ’ |
| 5 | He was to end his days at St Germain in 1694 . |
| 6 | He refused to make his approaches at Nagasaki , a customary means of diverting troublesome foreigners , and presented the Japanese with what was effectively an ultimatum , demanding that some agreement be reached to cover the provisioning of US ships , the treatment of shipwrecked American sailors and the development of formal relations . |
| 7 | The late Professor Ragnar Nurkse used to tell his students at Cambridge in the 1950s , of whom I was one , how important it was that Third World countries should develop their agriculture without resorting to the internal combustion engine . |