Example sentences of "he [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was good reason for him to remain at the helm now , too : the wind was freshening and veering , so that it was coming close to dead astern . |
| 2 | She would let him stay at the breast long after the milk had gone and the gentle , pulling movement as he continued to suck though he was no longer hungry were soothing . |
| 3 | She could hear him sucking at a fruit gum . |
| 4 | It seemed the natural thing to have him singing at the wedding . |
| 5 | Mrs Orton took it upon herself , watching him pick at a little heap of sprouts and chestnut , to observe that he had very likely made himself ill with being faddy . |
| 6 | Her finely shaped brows met in dark disapproval as she watched him pick at the lock with a thin piece of wire that he had produced from somewhere in the depths of his pocket . |
| 7 | If the partners unanimously or by a prescribed majority feel that one of their number should no longer remain with the firm they are given power to require him to retire at the end of a period of notice , typically six months or not less than six months to expire at the end of the firm 's accounting year . |
| 8 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 9 | But Rostov 's experience of the Empire had not prepared him to find at the same time a complete absence of the poor and underprivileged . |
| 10 | Particularly when Fergie — to the astonishment and great displeasure of Buckingham Palace staff — arranged for him to dine at the Queen 's official London residence with the Iraqi oil minister . |
| 11 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 12 | In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves . |
| 13 | A statue to him stands at the junction of Seagate and Castle Street , Irvine . |
| 14 | it was too late to try and stop the marriage now , and it certainly had n't occurred to him to try at the time . |
| 15 | Beryl caught him looking at a painting hanging above the mantelpiece , a portrait of a middle-aged woman of exceptional beauty . |
| 16 | Once I heard him speak at a church service in Morton , and although he was an excellent speaker , there was a certain bitterness and disappointment in his words . |
| 17 | Lady Dawkins , who had never heard him speak before , surprised herself by her reaction when she heard him speak at the Albert Hall in January 1912 : |
| 18 | Mind you , he shits himself does n't he , cos Johnny Giles was it 's controversial cos they would n't let him speak at the end of the game . |
| 19 | Anselm had known Hugh as papal legate in France when he was abbot of Bec , but his close association with him came at a moment when he was in a very perplexing situation . |
| 20 | When asked what had kept him going at a time when Willie Miller 's appointment as manager at Pittodrie prompted speculation that McLeish might be a natural second-in-command , the defender was unequivocal . |
| 21 | Success in the Caucasian war and the friendship between Bariatinskii and the tsar restored him to favour at the centre and gave him the chance of putting his ideas into practice . |
| 22 | Vacation time Francis arranged for him to caddy at the Lyford Cay club to keep him out of trouble . |
| 23 | I had told him to look at a video of the race and he would see that it was through my efforts that we had won the bronze . |
| 24 | I also asked him to look at the Twyford Down plan with a view to having a tunnel under the Down rather than a cutting . |
| 25 | A chance visit to Blackwardine caused him to look at the map for features of interest . |
| 26 | In this instance it is very important for him to look at the monitor while talking and try to pretend that the interviewer is in the room with him . |
| 27 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
| 28 | Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not . |
| 29 | He glanced at Lambert and saw him blaze at a green-and-yellow plane , then bank hard away as tracer scorched past . |
| 30 | It 's not like him to grumble at a bitch . |