Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adj] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would he tell us then what he believes the impact of the er pay settlements will have on the spending he 's allowed local authorities because it seems to me there must either be a cut in staff er and a cut in services if they 're gon na keep within the the money that he made available at the time when he was n't aware of these settlements . |
| 2 | A year later he moved to Bury , and then in 1896 to Ganton , where he stayed until 1902 , when he became professional at the South Herts Club in Totteridge , north London . |
| 3 | Born in Taunton , Somerset to a wealthy coal merchant , he became deaf at the age of 5 due to illness . |
| 4 | ‘ If he became available at the end of the season , the answer is yes , we would go for him , and we would have more pull than most . |
| 5 | He became stuck at the double ee sound . |
| 6 | When he led 3–1 at the mid-session interval , Hendry looked likely to run away with it , but found himself tied at 3–3 before restoring his lead in the seventh . |
| 7 | Charles 's face was stony as he gazed unwinking at the scene . |
| 8 | but he seemed alright at the weekend , he was decorating at the weekend |
| 9 | He seemed alright at the moment , though , and his stroking was even and relaxed . |
| 10 | By the time he was 22 he was down to a 9 handicap and was off 2 when he turned professional at the start of last year . |
| 11 | SCOTT Garthwaite 's mum Susan thought he would never hear again when he went deaf at the age of two . |
| 12 | Often he fell asleep at the kitchen table . |
| 13 | He kept fit at the university by playing a little hockey , in summer tennis , in winter walking and bicycling and going for runs . |
| 14 | He felt awkward at the compliment . |
| 15 | He felt embarrassed at the thought of walking among the men , assessing them as though they were cattle in an auction market . |
| 16 | He felt sick at the memory of the beasts he had just seen . |
| 17 | He looked surprised at the scene that confronted him , with Gabriel screaming , Coffin silent in the road staring at the van with the small tense figure at the window . |
| 18 | And nothing 's going to happen to Lucille Walker — ’ he looked surprised at the name , ’ — because I 'm the only one who knows where she is . ’ |
| 19 | A lean , dark-haired man with a smile as bright as his wife 's , he appeared delighted at the sight of Guido . |
| 20 | He appeared delighted at the prospect . |
| 21 | He sat cross-legged at the foot of the grave , unaware of the passing of time as he hewed out a cross with his bayonet . |
| 22 | Picking up the shot he crouched low at the back of the throwing circle — he was obviously going to put every last gram of effort into preserving his reputation . |
| 23 | A quarter of an hour later he stood alone at the edge of the High Street with as little notion of his next steps as a soldier discharged in Madras with the whole of India , Arabia , and Africa lying between him and his homeland . |