Example sentences of "he [is] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Shotover , a Shavian figure seeking a ‘ mind ray ’ that will destroy his enemies , tries to unite wisdom and power ; and even he is revealed at the last as a rum-soaked old poseur . |
| 2 | He is stopped at the door by an emaciated woman with a grotesque burn injury , whom I have not seen before . |
| 3 | He is based at the Low Barns Nature Reserve at Witton-le-Wear , near Bishop Auckland . |
| 4 | This is a test case for him and he 's fallen at the first hurdle . |
| 5 | He was in surprisingly good humour , considering how much he 's suffered at the hands of the puppet . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I 'll look up the books he 's written at the college library and take a couple out , ’ said Loretta airily . |
| 7 | Thorfinn said , ‘ He 's arrived at the coast and judged our numbers . |
| 8 | And not just because he 's affronted at the idea of a dragon beating him over 100 metres . |