Example sentences of "[vb pp] at his [noun sg] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was educated at his father 's school , St George 's House , Everton , until , at the age of fifteen , of his own volition , he decided to pursue a commercial career . |
| 2 | Based at his brother 's flat as usual , Stirling launched himself into a feverish round of activity . |
| 3 | Abe Abramson , who fought blazes during the Blitz of Liverpool , had just arrived at his son-in-law 's shop to help his daughter when the attack happened . |
| 4 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 5 | His grandfather had been a master baker and , in one of the many family stories Mark had heard at his grandfather 's knee , he had been told of how his great-grandfather had served Benjamin Disraeli with a standing daily order of twelve French loaves , burnt and rasped . |
| 6 | His appreciation of Chinese food was nurtured at his mother 's table and also at his uncle 's Chinese restaurant where he worked part-time from the age of 11 . |
| 7 | Enraged at his chaplain 's disloyalty , Finch peremptorily sacked him . |
| 8 | And there was a second and even more admirable fantasy in which he had knelt at his father 's side , had pressed his clenched fist hard into the groin , quenching the spurting blood , had whispered reassurance into those dying eyes . |