Example sentences of "he [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E finishes at twelve on Saturdays . ’ |
| 2 | Well , 'e become top scorer o' centuries when 'e was 42 and went on to 197 of 'em before 'e retired at 51 . |
| 3 | He has stayed to deal with them , but still believes God means him to go at some point . |
| 4 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 5 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 6 | They went about their business , expecting him to appear at any moment . |
| 7 | Whenever Annunciata came to fetch the child she was firm : he must go at once or otherwise his mother would be displeased and might not allow him to come at all . |
| 8 | Len was different ; she had never seen him look at another girl like that . |
| 9 | Well I 'd like to see a very open report , and that 's why I Mr , and I 'd like him to look at all the options , we 're deferring this so that we can see what 's possible , you know , , perhaps Hanson Trust would like to come along and offer us fifty million pounds for it , that 'd be a fair deal would n't it , perhaps somebody else would do that . |
| 10 | I urge him to look at one current study which concerns the possibility of moving the sea systems control first to temporary accommodation and then , in 1995-96 , to permanent accommodation . |
| 11 | He admits the scheme cramped his dress sense and made him sweat at official functions , but he hopes he has given the people of Hawick ‘ a sense of purpose , pride and awareness of the quality of world-class knitwear they produce ’ . |
| 12 | In my opinion it would be a very rash collector who banked on him staying at that level . |
| 13 | Artai was incapable of sitting still for long , and only his abnormal concern with his appearance made him submit at all to the restrictive nature of the ministrations of the Y'frike slaves . |
| 14 | The slightest accident on the motorway can become a multiple pile-up because there 's people like him travelling at this speed . |
| 15 | But on Adwick we have decided , and I 've told John or he 's been informed , that because we 've got a supervisor there I do n't want him starting at six in the morning . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'll soon be dark and then we wo n't be able to see him coming at all . ’ |
| 17 | He seems to be playing really well at the moment and to let him go at this stage would be killing shooting ourselves in the foot . |
| 18 | He paused a moment , and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious , and only impatient to gallop , he let him go at full speed . |
| 19 | Rebecca West refers to a photograph of him taken at this time in army uniform as a private of the Worcestershire Regiment . |
| 20 | There were nights when , hearing him start at three or four in the morning , she would have welcomed anything that would let him stop and rest-paregoric , a sugar-tit , any of those wicked things . |
| 21 | I said to him come at four . |
| 22 | The empty pot was heavy and Asik found it very difficult to walk without carrying anything , but the pot made it almost impossible for him to move at any speed . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't like this conversation , if you do n't mind , ’ Jenna said primly , wanting him to stop at all costs . |
| 24 | And I had to ask a lad stood at front , I said can you ask him to stop at this stop please . |
| 25 | Only the young man 's intuitive fear of the heavy couple who had entered his shop , closed the door and locked it , and pushed him roughly into the back room , made him co-operate at all . |
| 26 | I heard him say at one gathering that there were certain things he thought ought to be done , and he was going to do them , whether people followed him or not . |
| 27 | " Send Mai to my hut in two minutes , " she heard him say at last in a curt voice . |
| 28 | In this he refers to a St. Kilda man who had occasion to visit Harris and later Skye , and of that trip Buchan writes thus : — ‘ One of the things he and they with him wondered at most was , the Growth of Trees , they thought the Beauty of Leaves and Branches admirable , and how they grow to such a Height above Plants was far above their Conception . |
| 29 | His more general position is perhaps best summed up by an extract from the speech he made at 3.10 in the morning of 20 May 1992 during the Second Reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 30 | The drawings he made at various ports of call provide the main burden of this show arranged by the Goethe-Institut . |