Example sentences of "his desk at the " in BNC.

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1 He was at his desk at the paper when the UN passed its resolution to partition Palestine .
2 At 10:30 am , first thing in the Fleet Street morning , his desk at the Daily Post was still stacked with the detritus of the night before .
3 It was on a half-pasted-up Foyer Display on his desk at the theatre — Your Front-of-House Man , Christopher Tomms — Dad must have raged at everyone to find it , but he never thought to ask me .
4 On the day on which Saad Rashid had received the confirmation of the transaction from Switzerland , he had tidied his desk at the back of the Iraqi Airlines office , taken what few personal possessions he kept there and placed them in his briefcase , locked his door , pocketed his key , and told his assistant manager that he believed he was showing the first symptoms of the ‘ flu that was sweeping London .
5 Keith walks to his desk at the front of the room .
6 At a dinner to celebrate his 25 years , said of that he was an example to everybody in terms of hard work and leadership and recalled how in the snow of 1982 he had walked the five miles from his home and Playford to be at his desk at the normal time .
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