Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll telephone someone I know in COBRA and ask him to meet us at Melbury Court . ’ |
| 2 | Titch left him a key , you see , while he was away , so he could keep an eye on the place , or maybe if he wanted to do some painting , the way your nan carried on about him doing it at home — anyway , he went round there that night . ’ |
| 3 | Soft ground is essential for Yahoo and conditions should be to his liking , although if he could not beat Desert Orchid in the Cheltenham bog it is difficult to visualise him doing it at Kempton . |
| 4 | And I definitely do n't want him to have him at weekends because that 's when he 's at his worst . |
| 5 | I confided nothing of my circumstances , merely asked Émile how he was and kept him telling me at length , without interrupting him . |
| 6 | By the time he sold it at auction ( Sotheby 's , New York , May 1989 ) it had given him a real net annual rate of return of just under 20 per cent , after allowing for commission , insurance and inflation . |
| 7 | It was n't until the launch had vanished around the tip of Vittoriosa , and the soaring golden bulk of Fort St Angelo , that she realised he had n't told her what time he expected her at Casa Sciorto tomorrow evening . |
| 8 | Did n't he cover it at home ? |
| 9 | When he found her at Leominster , Hereford and Worcester , he spent Pounds 68,000 on the house next door . |
| 10 | He found them at Neath Abbey , and the king was taken to Renilworth Castle while Isabella and Mortimer proceeded to wreak their vengeance on his supporters . |
| 11 | ‘ No , it 's not that … he owes me at poker . ’ |
| 12 | Well he beat me at dinner at erm |
| 13 | A DISTRAUGHT mum last night begged her ‘ danger man ’ husband to free their two young children after he snatched them at gunpoint . |
| 14 | A DISTRAUGHT mum last night begged her danger man husband to return their two young children after he snatched them at gunpoint . |
| 15 | I never went there to stay , but I was always glad when he visited us at Canonmills . |
| 16 | He meets me at Heathrow . |
| 17 | He told her at length of what he would do and what she would do . |
| 18 | He told me at Westgate . |
| 19 | He surveyed her at length as he demolished the cake . |
| 20 | He directed it at Mr Brown , calling him childish and accusing him of launching the sleaziest-ever attacks in US politics . |
| 21 | and he meet me at Presto and we 'll get your stuff and we 'll get our stuff out the same time erm |
| 22 | He telephoned me at lunchtime on that day and by a fluke I had a cancellation , so I was able to see him almost immediately . |
| 23 | I took my friendly Spanish grammar to the library every day and tried to be polite to Jefferson when he maddened me at meals . |
| 24 | Murad II came out of retirement to inflict a severe defeat on this motley force when he confronted them at Varna . |
| 25 | This summer he displayed it at air shows around the UK and in France and went to Malaga in it . |
| 26 | Horse and Jockey AC match secretary Mick Dryers had an unusual Sunday morning — he spent it at home for the first time in two years . |
| 27 | Cleverly he arranged it at night when there were no cars parked in Clifton Street , otherwise the swing of the 50-feet car would surely have reached them ! |
| 28 | He placed it at Robbie 's feet and sat , head on one side , as if saying , ‘ Well now , what about that ? ’ |
| 29 | He waved it at Maisie in a threatening manner . |
| 30 | ‘ Er , Königsberg , ’ he corrected her at length . |