Example sentences of "he [vb past] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had two substantial houses ( in London he lived at 27 Queen 's Gate until 1913 , when he bought 93 Eaton Square , a still larger house with — an uncharacteristic touch for Baldwin — a more fashionable address ) and plenty of money with which to run them and do anything else he wanted . |
| 2 | He lived at nearby Whaddon Hall , also built in his beloved Gothic style . |
| 3 | A former goalkeeper on the books of Huddersfield Town and Halifax Town , he refereed at local level until just before Christmas and was also an active umpire . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When he moved at this time to larger premises at no. 5 Charing Cross , his maps were reputed the finest being engraved anywhere in the world . |
| 6 | He stopped at this thought , wondering if dogs came along here frequently . |
| 7 | Thirty years afterwards Charles still felt deeply the humiliation he suffered at this time ; but unlike some little princes in similar situations , he lived , politically as well as literally , to fight another day . |
| 8 | Among places he surveyed at this time were the park of Auckland Castle and Lanchester Common . |
| 9 | He has never forgotten the lessons he learnt at that time . |
| 10 | Ordering a staff car , he drove at top speed through the night to Paris . |
| 11 | Police cars and the police helicopter later trailed the man 's getaway car as he drove at high speed down the M6 and M56 . |
| 12 | Police cars and the police helicopter later trailed the man 's getaway car as he drove at high speed down the M6 and M56 . |
| 13 | However , Nietzsche 's first editors ( 1895 ) , then his sister ( 1897 ) , and subsequently the world at large have asserted that the scale of this last revision was substantial and , specifically-that of the book 's eventual twenty-five sections , he added at this time the final six ( 20–25 ) , which are partly ( though not , as is often said , largely ) concerned with Wagner . " |
| 14 | He added at this time that the further information was that the occupants of the flat at we were frightened of I also . |
| 15 | Was genuine he added at this time that er the further information was that the occupants of the flat at were frightened of . |
| 16 | Andy Caddick ( ‘ He 'll get a few 0 for 70s , that will be the real test of temperament , ’ Cottam had said ) maybe has n't sustained the outstanding promise he showed at 2nd XI level last summer . |
| 17 | for not only was the Earl Patrick suspicious of anyone coming from the regency , but he happened at this juncture to be consoling himself with a local lady , in the absence of marital comforts . |
| 18 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 19 | By the time he arrived at school-leaving age , he had realized the value of education for his career and so enrolled on a day-release college course , eventually completing a Full Technological Certificate , whilst training to be a painter and decorator . |
| 20 | He did not explain how he arrived at that figure , but it turns out — conveniently — to be £93 less than the £420 student loan that the Government are now making available . |
| 21 | When he arrived at Manly beach with a board he had carved out of sugar pine , many were those who said that riding a wave on a board was pure myth , a legend of the South Seas brought back by drunken sailors . |
| 22 | He arrived at this destination at the early age of 35 . |
| 23 | Boro will win automatic promotion if they beat Grimsby and Wolves , a situation Lawrence would have settled for when he arrived at Ayresome Park last summer . |
| 24 | She could sense how his body moved towards her subtly ; how , with the utmost casualness , he strove at each moment to include her in all that was said . |
| 25 | ‘ God help the politician who does n't like children , ’ as he remarked at one point . |
| 26 | He scratched at one rugby-shirt shrouded armpit , then nodded . |
| 27 | Indeed , as he shut the car door , he brushed at one sleeve as if to remove wrinkles as well as fluff . |
| 28 | He glanced at another sheaf of papers . |
| 29 | Now he called at this house and said that he was er visiting for |
| 30 | When he had finished piling the boxes up , Charles looked once more round the room and his eyes lighted on the very thing he needed at that moment — a torch . |