Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 After several attempts he got him at last on a bad telephone line .
2 What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ?
3 He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’
4 He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way .
5 He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it .
6 Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion .
7 Jim Pickering was one of the four : ‘ I was Red 2 in company with Red I and Green Section when I saw a Ju88 engaged by A.A. about 1,000 feet above us … he saw me at this height and turned in a circle onto my tail .
8 ‘ I was n't even sure he liked me at first . ’
9 Lucky he spotted it at all . ’
10 She looked at him with silent aggression and he left it at that .
11 He left it at that .
12 During a visit to an airfield he clocked it at 95 mph .
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