Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social services are standing by their decision to pay for the 14-year old to stay at his grandparents ' villa , but refused to talk about the inquiry . |
| 2 | It was normal , moreover , as in earlier generations , for a diplomat going to one of the more out-of-the-way capitals , if he expected to stay for any length of time , to equip himself with a mass of essentials which might be difficult or impossible to obtain at his destination . |
| 3 | He would rise early to work at his desk and return to it after a day 's engagements , often until well past midnight . |
| 4 | Their father was one of the first beneficiaries , and the whole family was able to gather at his 100th birthday party . |
| 5 | Early that summer the new curate took up his duties , and Father McGiff at last was able to sit at his desk of an evening and compose himself for his planned period of meditation . |
| 6 | " Do you regret what you 've done ? " she asked , moving around so that she was able to look at his face . |
| 7 | The grief can be displaced and a man unable to cry at his father 's funeral may find himself crying for days three months later when his spaniel dies . |
| 8 | Children love to discover that they can ‘ do ’ something new , and through the provision that is made and suggestions that are offered , each child is able to succeed at his own level . |
| 9 | There was , of course , now a great deal more interest in Eliot than in the play , but he had stipulated in advance that he was not to be subjected to any form of publicity : no press conferences , no interviews , no speeches ; as a result , he was much more relaxed at the first night and was even able to laugh at his own jokes . |
| 10 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 11 | Here , talking exclusively to Steve Acteson , Hearn has come clean to laugh at his disasters and the worst decisions of his career . |
| 12 | She tried to get past him , running for the door , running for safety , running from the unspeakable truth — that she was ready to fall at his feet and admit her love . |