Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He beat her easily at chess the following week , but when he came again she had been thinking and remembering . |
| 2 | He told her so at the very end . |
| 3 | Instinctively anxious for its welfare ( he had not needed Jack 's admonition ) he drove it carefully at a modest pace , resisting the temptation to press hard upon the accelerator . |
| 4 | He threw it hard at the Dodger , but missed and hit Charley Bates , who started to shout with fear . |
| 5 | He raised them now at the two shaken women who sat facing him in the interview-room at Stowbridge police station . |
| 6 | He was a small man and it looked as if his rifle was much too heavy for him as he waved it threateningly at the crowd inside the camp . |
| 7 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 8 | He rang it again at seven o'clock at night to warn the gleaners that their work for that day must end . |
| 9 | He then only needed a pitching-wedge and he hit it straight at the pin to about 18 feet or so . |
| 10 | He took it seriously at first , affronted that anyone could say anything about anyone so close to him , but before very long , he saw the funny side . |
| 11 | erm But they were disappointed when John Thorn equalised after another five minutes and he put them ahead at half time by two one . |
| 12 | He did it carefully at first , only a handful at a time , saving every shilling made . |
| 13 | He said it straight at the senior officer , who looked for a moment as if someone had cracked a whip in his face . |
| 14 | Well I promise I wo n't keep them more than that , but this coming from a party that 's brought about that , and then being critical of others and the lack of intent , I think the he said it right at the beginning we have a very good education system , and I 'm saying we 've got one despite this Government . |
| 15 | He attempted it once at St Mungo 's tomb , in the crypt of the cathedral , to whose depths they had finally descended together ; as a rule their outings were to Glasgow Green , if it was fine , or if it rained , the sitting-room , with Ellen the maid in constant attendance . |