Example sentences of "he [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The drawings he made at various ports of call provide the main burden of this show arranged by the Goethe-Institut . |
| 3 | In Wasmes he lived at first with a baker called Jean-Baptiste Denis and his wife Esther . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He lived at nearby Whaddon Hall , also built in his beloved Gothic style . |
| 6 | ‘ Adam , ’ he whispered at last , ‘ Adam — boy — remember yourself ! |
| 7 | ‘ It 's true , ’ he whispered at last , carefully . |
| 8 | ‘ Ilbrec ! ’ he whispered at last . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then the Annamite woman began to sob and he relented at last and raised himself from her ; still moaning quietly to herself she scrambled from the cot onto the dirt floor , gathered her scraps of clothing together and fled past the American woman into the rain . |
| 11 | The eastern Saxons are almost certain to have remained at this time within the orbit of Oswiu and it may also be the case that Aethelwald , the brother of Aethelhere ( HE 111 , 22 ) ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) , received Oswiu 's support as the new king of the eastern Angles ; it is certainly not at all impossible that he ruled at first in a dependent relationship . |
| 12 | He ruled at first in a subordinate position to his brother , Aethelberht ( CS 159 : S 27 ) , but whether or not the Aethelberht , king of Kent , who died in 762 ( ASC A , s.a. 760 ) , is to be identified with Aethelberht , son of Wihtred , has been disputed . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery . |
| 15 | ‘ Thoo knows what 's tekken place , Aah reckons , ’ he announced at last . |
| 16 | ‘ Was he taking it to the person it belongs to ? ’ he asked at last , and it was as though all the time he had been trying to frame the question in a special way . |
| 17 | ‘ Should he be so red ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 18 | " You took that money ? " he asked at last . |
| 19 | ‘ What ? ’ he asked at last , in a faint voice . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you mean that ? ’ he asked at last , his voice astonishingly gentle in contrast to that violent physical sensation . |
| 21 | " Are you going on Surete General business ? " he asked at last in a low voice after glancing around again to see if they could be overheard . |
| 22 | " Why are n't you interested in this good news ? " he asked at last in an exasperated voice . |
| 23 | ‘ What does this mean ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 24 | ‘ Where is your horse ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 25 | ‘ Do other men make you react like this ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 26 | ‘ Ready to go ? ’ he asked at last , but she hesitated and ducked her head , and he stepped towards her . |
| 27 | ‘ What does ‘ exploit ’ mean ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 28 | ‘ Are you going to ask me in ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 29 | ‘ How did I manage that ? ’ he asked at last , in a flat , uninflected tone very different from the passionate outburst of a moment earlier . |
| 30 | If he failed at first , he would know better next time . |