Example sentences of "and he [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was leaving behind the other children , the only friends he had , and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world . |
| 2 | He took their biggest manual model , and he tipped at both ends , the ideal customer . |
| 3 | Sunday 's the only day off and he wakes at 4:30 most mornings … |
| 4 | Guilty or innocent , it did not matter ; he wanted her back , and he knew at last that , whatever he had felt for Angela Deverill , it was not this . |
| 5 | Anton , his rolling bobbing head , in and out : and his mouth was ghastly , streaming blood and he bit at random , where he could : a cannibal feast , and there seemed no end to Parker , elephant big , but soft and white and easy to bleed , full of smells ; he could , heightened senses , whiff the slightest reek , the ebb and flow , as might a jackal , the strength drawn out of Parker . |
| 6 | And he came at half past seven and he cleaned it and he looked at it , and he said er it was n't anything that he could see , he thinks it was just down draught , but we 've had winds before . |
| 7 | And he looked at the letter and he looked at that photograph and he thought , I ca n't . |
| 8 | He said Right , yes , and he looked at that and Is that everything ? |
| 9 | Then the Annamite woman began to sob and he relented at last and raised himself from her ; still moaning quietly to herself she scrambled from the cot onto the dirt floor , gathered her scraps of clothing together and fled past the American woman into the rain . |
| 10 | how much it is and he starts at five pound a bag . |
| 11 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 12 | ‘ His first race was a bumper at Ayr and he won at 33-1 . |
| 13 | He 's about six foot two , short black hair , moustache , blue eyes and according to his record card he 's twenty seven and his name is John Banks and he lives at 36 Church Hill Road , Upper Tracey , and we think he 's been shot , I 'll be right over , stay where you are . |