Example sentences of "he [vb past] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He failed to appear at court to answer a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm which allegedly happened in Durham Prison last July . |
| 2 | When he came to work at lunchtime , his first question was : ‘ How goes it ? |
| 3 | Bruce says … he learnt to climb at school … |
| 4 | " Well , " Mr Smith began , a pained expression on his face as he turned to look at Grout again , " if that 's the way you really feel , Steve … " |
| 5 | He had the air of an aristocrat and as he turned to gaze at Blackberry from his great , brown eyes , Hazel began to see himself as a ragged wanderer , leader of a gang of vagabonds . |
| 6 | The others , he paid to stay at home and practise . |
| 7 | Jarvis wandered about the world as young people do , but instead of driving a van to India or observing political upheaval in Central America or getting into trouble in Africa he went to look at metro systems . |
| 8 | After being seen whizzing out of the doors of a rink , he had to skate at speed along a footpath of the common , round a spiral pedestrian walkway , on to a road , grab the back of a passing bus , let go , cut across a main road between cars coming in both directions , go across another road — between the wheels of a moving articulated lorry — and end up in a babywear shop , somersaulting into a cot . |
| 9 | Roberts ' student days coincided with the depression and to finance his studies he had to work at night and on Saturdays in a bakery store . |
| 10 | It gnawed at him as he wanted to gnaw at food . |
| 11 | He explained that Anne needed support too and that if he wanted to stay at home most of the time , then he must consider her welfare and go to the centre sometimes as well . |
| 12 | One day my son said he wanted to stay at home with me . |