Example sentences of "he [vb past] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He chanced to resurface at a moment in the film when the divine Ms Rau is indulging in carnal acrobatics with the leading male actor . |
| 2 | Were he to be called in the immigration debate Joshua would most certainly abandon the bookshop where he planned to spend at least part of the morning . |
| 3 | He plans to accompany Mr Major to his count in Huntingdon and will forgo the election night dinner he planned to host at the Mirabelle . |
| 4 | He instantly spotted the ‘ yorker ’ delivered by the man from BBC Wales — in effect , that the England match could not have been one he expected to win at the start of the season , therefore the Scottish match must have been on the credit side of the ledger . |
| 5 | ‘ I have attempted to see Queen Yolande to ask her why she did not send out a search-party for the King when he failed to arrive at Kinghorn Manor . |
| 6 | In fact these lectures offered an elegant and lucid exposition of educational theories and assumptions ( he had been exercised by this topic since the early forties ) and although he failed to arrive at any conclusions he suggested that none could in any case be reached . |
| 7 | So he did , and sick indeed he was , for Brother Richard found him grey and shaking on his bed , when he failed to attend at Compline . |
| 8 | His ill-looks are a punishment received when he failed to appear at a fairy festival , preferring to spend his time with a mortal maiden . |
| 9 | He failed to appear at court to answer a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm which allegedly happened in Durham Prison last July . |
| 10 | He got to work at once , and an eight-page Walsh ‘ strategy document ’ , the first of many , whizzed back to Hayling in the post . |
| 11 | For Green , the proposal of the Cambridge Board had major implications at national level and he sought to arrive at a local compromise to prevent a more widespread set of problems for the WEA . |
| 12 | He tried to smile at her . |
| 13 | Thinking that the aircraft was on fire , he tried to land at once at Takali , but was driven off by the ground defences , heading instead for Hal Far . |
| 14 | He stopped to peer at the pool below through a ‘ crack ’ in the water , rather as though someone was peeping through lace curtains . |
| 15 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
| 16 | He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff . |
| 17 | Sometimes , when he went for a walk , she followed him ; if he stopped to look at something she stopped too and when he walked fast , she walked fast to keep up with him . |
| 18 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
| 19 | Bettino Craxi , whose leadership of the Socialist Unity Party was under serious challenge [ see p. 39114 ] , announced on Nov. 7 that he proposed to resign at an unspecified date and suggested Prime Minister Giuliano Amato as his successor . |
| 20 | He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound . |
| 21 | After a spell at Oriel College , Oxford , where he later claimed to have suffered a worthless and drunken tutor , he came to reside at Dumbleton on his grandmother 's death in 1690 and inaugurated a programme of rebuilding and improvement . |
| 22 | He came to live at Maureen 's , too , and she may well breed him with Rusty — if we 're right in thinking Rusty is a female , that is ! |
| 23 | Corratts when he came to look at black lead mine at Conistone 2s. 6d . " |
| 24 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 25 | in a way se , he came to look at that . |
| 26 | When he came to work at lunchtime , his first question was : ‘ How goes it ? |
| 27 | Later he came to work at the house which was his first entry into Local Government . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's right , ’ I said , pleased that he seemed to understand at last . |
| 29 | His face was smiling and , when you tapped the head , it rocked on a concealed axle so that he seemed to chortle at the absurdity of human antics . |
| 30 | He seemed to stare at Sharpe as he died ; offering the Englishman a look of mingled surprise and remorse , then a gout of blood , bright as the sun itself , slashed out to soak Sharpe 's right arm and shoulder . |