Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may marry you at home , or in a hotel , and is unlikely to refuse second time around weddings . |
| 2 | He should throw himself at the Doctor 's back , grapple with him , break the machinery at which he was working . |
| 3 | That he should write it at all was a measure of his egocentrism . |
| 4 | There 's no real reason he should contact me at all . |
| 5 | For an instant , Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows . |
| 6 | He 'll sacrifice nothing at the expense of quality , knowing that the customer will sacrifice him instantly if the quality of his goods or services is poor . |
| 7 | ‘ The horse seems to have improved since we put blinkers on him and he 'll wear them at Ayr . |
| 8 | ‘ So he 'll have it at the ceremony , ’ Ace concluded . |
| 9 | ‘ One of these days he 'll catch you at it , ’ Emily answered . |
| 10 | A moment 's fear smote her then that he might leave it at just one kiss , and with more daring than she had known she possessed she leaned her lightly clad body against him . |
| 11 | She displayed no interest in any of the social events he said he was going to and wondered if he might see her at . |
| 12 | Then he could dissect it at will . |
| 13 | ago and he could walk me at weights . |
| 14 | His sideways glance told her he 'd noticed the manoeuvre but he merely smiled as if , knowing he could curtail it at any time , he was allowing her that small freedom . |
| 15 | Oh he could do it at work ? |
| 16 | He could picture himself at the court of King Louis , accepting the thanks of his grateful monarch . |
| 17 | He could feel nothing at all below the hook 's point of entry . |
| 18 | He could feel them at the small of his back , feel the scratch of the lavender garland which she still held . |
| 19 | And had put down the receiver before he could say anything at all . |
| 20 | He gyrated carefully so that he could see himself at all angles . |
| 21 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 22 | He could point it at someone , shoot even . |
| 23 | When he asked if he could take part , the gentlemen archers looked at him and at his bow and , thinking it doubtful he could hit anything at 100 yards , gave their permission if his father looked after him . |
| 24 | On Monday , when Sara had left the house early to see to things in two of the toy shops on the other side of the county , he could find nothing at home that he felt up to doing . |
| 25 | I told Malpass he could find me at Stuart Street and , for a couple of streets , I did head that way . |
| 26 | He 'd be lucky if he could find them at all under that mess . |
| 27 | Or I mean I think he 's , she 's bitten him before , if he had any sense he 'd leave them at the gate or something , I mean somebody would go for them . |
| 28 | He said he 'd put them at a friend 's house for safe keeping , and the friend just happened to have gone away on holiday . |
| 29 | ‘ We figured that if this was all about focusing the mind 's energy , he 'd have it at the ceremony , ’ Benny added . |
| 30 | He used to mention it at one time , but only to me , never to Gillian . |