Example sentences of "his [noun] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His decision to stay at home for emergency meetings sent shock waves through the money markets and shares plunged . |
| 2 | In his Autobiographical Memoranda Wordsworth remembers first of all his freedom to read at Hawkshead : |
| 3 | Tom screwed up his eyes to look at Zach . |
| 4 | Only once had he let himself begrudge it , only once , that night , and never since , for he knew it was his duty and his right to stay at home with her . |
| 5 | Rosenthal , 29 , has failed to sign a new one-year contract offered to him by Liverpool even though he has expressed his desire to stay at Anfield . |
| 6 | He could make himself out to be the apostle of order in Europe , but he had to devote far more his attention to order at home . |
| 7 | He squinted out of the corner of his eye to look at Irina . |
| 8 | She knew she was still on trial , despite his efforts to appear at ease . |
| 9 | He turned his head to look at Shiva , cast on him an indifferent glance , and turned away . |
| 10 | He did n't even stop or turn his head to look at me. i do n't think he heard me . |
| 11 | When he turned his head to look at Turakina she gave a gasp of annoyance and let go of the half-plaited queue . |
| 12 | The fox stopped and turned his head to look at Vic for a moment , as if to say , Yes ? and then proceeded calmly on his way , his brush swaying in the air behind him . |
| 13 | Holding down the latest addition to the incinerator with the prongs of his rake , Morpurgo slowly turned his head to look at Harry over his left shoulder . |
| 14 | The Prince waved happily at a party of soldiers who drew water from the stream , then twisted in his saddle to shout at Sharpe . |
| 15 | Dyson got off on the wrong foot with Morris from the very beginning , even though Morris politely stopped writing while Bob introduced them , and sat back in his chair to look at Dyson . |
| 16 | He had worked for the same firm for 16 years without working on a Sunday because of his objection to working on a Sunday and his wish to stay at home and then to go to church . |
| 17 | He bought the horse for his daughter to ride at Aintree . |
| 18 | He 's past his peak as a tennis player , so it 's his turn to stay at home . |
| 19 | Could a taxi driver be deprived of his licence to operate at Heathrow because of misconduct , without being given a chance to put his side of the story ? |
| 20 | ‘ In the beginning , it looked as if it would be a real problem finding a side to play Malta after six call-offs but I think it has turned out not too badly in the end , ’ said the national coach , who released Aberdeen 's Stephen Wright from his squad to play at Tannadice this afternoon ( kick-off 1:30pm ) . |
| 21 | Whereas in the classic Italian historical novel , Manzoni 's The Betrothed ( 1827 ) , much admired by Eco , the omniscience of the author consists in his ability to probe at will into the psychology of his characters and , at the same time , to link this to broad historical movements and even some sense of a providential ‘ plot ’ in history , in Eco it is closer to the power of the master craftsman who can make what he will with the materials to hand , and unmake it too . |
| 22 | Macnab had read classics at Oxford , and appreciated the range of Joyce 's literary and linguistic knowledge , not least his ability to quote at will and to the point from Virgil and Homer . |
| 23 | is a qualified accountant ( FCCA ) and plans to move back to Suffolk with his family to live at Glemsford near Sudbury . |