Example sentences of "his [noun] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cited " personal reasons " for his decision to stand down which was to take effect following the selection of his successor at a special party convention , expected in November . |
| 2 | At the beginning of August , Joseph was summoned to Lapwai by yet another commission desiring his settlement at an agency . |
| 3 | It is expected , however , that the Irishman will make known his views at a later date . |
| 4 | He 'll be explaining his views at a meeting on the crisis at Oxford Town Hall this evening . |
| 5 | And when I nodded , he flicked his fingers at a passing waiter . |
| 6 | He lives with his wife and two children in Amersham and is currently taking golf lessons with one of his sons at a local club . |
| 7 | He was subjected to threats and abuse and believing himself in danger of attack , drew a pistol in order to keep his opponents at a distance . |
| 8 | His presence at an exhibition devoted to the contemporary has taken many people by surprise … |
| 9 | I suppose it was inevitable that in 1918 he should capitalise on his expertise at a time when the post-war craze for the new-fangled wireless sets was at its height . |
| 10 | If the haulier does not wish to be involved in the detailed process of debt collection he can always ‘ sell' ’ his debts at a discounted price or use a debt collection agency . |
| 11 | When Rune successfully tried his luck at a shooting gallery and invited her to choose which prize she wanted , she selected a paperweight in the form of the Little Mermaid sitting on her rock . |
| 12 | THE WIFE of a man accused of committing three sex attacks in 12 hours agreed to give evidence as a Crown witness at his trial at a Perth High Court sitting yesterday . |
| 13 | For Hesketh , now committed to racing and to Hunt 's career — with a generosity unparalleled in FI — it seemed as sensible to take Hunt straight up into FI , and Hunt duly made his debut at a non-championship race at Brands Hatch early in 1973 , there earning , in a used Surtees TS9B , a third place just behind Denny Hulme — and Hulme was , let it be noted , driving the McLaren M23 , a far more advanced car . |
| 14 | Yesterday , Prof Pikas outlined his methods at a seminar in Dundee to teachers , psychologists and the bullying and truancy team which starts operating in the summer . |
| 15 | His attempt at a joke misfired . |
| 16 | His attempt at a soul-searching vigil had been frustrated . |
| 17 | We know this , firstly , because KC was perfect at understanding the meanings of words spoken to him ( as tested by word-to-picture matching ) and , secondly , because KC always knew whether his attempt at a repetition was right or wrong . |
| 18 | Since Bernie , her agent , was apparently physically incapable of lowering his voice , his attempt at a murmur two inches away from her practically shattered her left eardrum . |
| 19 | In this sense May 1968 was the price de Gaulle paid for his attempt at a shotgun wedding between French industry and the twentieth century . |
| 20 | The Chancellor was forced to eat his words at an angry meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels . |
| 21 | Then he peered through his spectacles at a sheaf of papers on his desk , turning the pages one by one , studying the information they contained . |
| 22 | She had been asked to pick him up at eight thirty a.m. outside his billet at a nearby farmhouse and drive him to Bovington Camp in Dorset . |
| 23 | He can sell out his holding at a profit to new investors or he can sit back and await the dividends on the investment . |
| 24 | Treu [ 15 ] considered the existence of trails through bibliographic citations and thought they should be preserved for a searcher to retrace his steps at a later date . |
| 25 | They forced him across the pitch they forced him onto his right-hand side Collimore which is n't his best side and they 've managed t they 've managed to frustrate him at his shooting at a distance . |
| 26 | Gary Corbett , who 's 19 , and from Nailsworth in Gloucestershire , was taken to Bristol Crown Court under escort , where he denied the murder of nine month old Danielle Simpkins , the daughter of his girlfriend at a block of flats at Nailsworth on March 20 last year . |
| 27 | Instead , he strengthened his stranglehold at a board meeting yesterday , buying out one of his rival directors , mining magnate Bob Young , to take the shareholding controlled by himself and his son , Douglas , from 41pc to 51pc . |
| 28 | There are pressures to Be Someone , and Q , the DJ ( Epps ) , sees his break at a mixing contest overseen by a decidedly sassy Queen Latifah . |
| 29 | After dumping his Fiesta at a reservoir near Barnard Castle , he trudged to Cauldren Snout waterfall at Teesdale . |
| 30 | Dorothy waited patiently and had her moment of triumph when someone went into the back of his car at a traffic light — clearly his fault for not getting a move on quicker . |