Example sentences of "he [vb past] at one " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a somewhat carefree use of statistics he claimed at one National Council meeting in 1897 that the delegates represented 70,000,000 Nonconformists , on the assumption that they represented all non-Anglican and non-Roman Catholic Christians in the English-speaking world . |
| 2 | ‘ God help the politician who does n't like children , ’ as he remarked at one point . |
| 3 | He scratched at one rugby-shirt shrouded armpit , then nodded . |
| 4 | Indeed , as he shut the car door , he brushed at one sleeve as if to remove wrinkles as well as fluff . |
| 5 | he started at one |
| 6 | he started at one |
| 7 | he started at one |
| 8 | he started at one |
| 9 | He grabbed at one leg of the dressing-trolley to steady himself , forgetting his own weight and that the trolley was on wheels . |
| 10 | Also , he saw at one end , pads and claws . |
| 11 | With characteristic skill , he managed at one and the same time to tap the vein of emotional , utopian socialism which played such a large part in the Labour movement , and yet to make it clear that the Labour Party would take office in a severely pragmatic spirit . |
| 12 | But he mentioned in an essay the degree to which certain forms of anaemia were conducive to such creation ; and , in our conversation that day , he described how , when he was working on The Waste Land in Switzerland in 1921 ( ‘ by the waters of Leman ’ ) , he felt at one moment that his brain was going to burst . |
| 13 | A Pharisee by training and once a vehement conservative , he had at one stage harassed the infant church but was dramatically converted by confrontation with a vision of the risen Lord . |
| 14 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
| 15 | I believe he had at one time worked with Cizek and he certainly knew of Tagore 's work and writing . |
| 16 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 17 | There was Miss Sharon Hughes with whom the deceased had been very friendly and who , it is said , he had at one time wanted to marry . |
| 18 | He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this . |
| 19 | Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret . |
| 20 | He had at one stage been described as the worst farmer in Britain and RSPCA investigators found emaciated animals when they went there . |
| 21 | He tugged at one end of the towel , but she held on tight , her body stiffening . |
| 22 | ‘ If you want the exact quantities , buy my book , ’ he said at one point , one eye in the direction of the BBC publicity department , before adding , as the other swivelled down towards his drink , ‘ if I can be bothered to write it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've also phoned the hospital , ’ he said at one point . |
| 24 | Yeah he did n't really care he was n't too bothered but at least that 's what he said at one point |
| 25 | He paused at one point on a low hill and cried aloud — perhaps not without a touch of relish for the dramatic , characteristic of his age — ‘ William , dearest little brother ! |
| 26 | Now he sat at one of the tables , cradling a glass of white wine in one hand . |
| 27 | He knew that Aileen was not interested in him , so he sat at one of Tildy 's tables , said nothing , and ate his fish . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |