Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | the back of the bus was right at his windscreen like that |
| 2 | Her husband Reggie was not a strong believer , and it was only at his persistent insistence that Joyce sought medical advice on the eye cancer which eventually led to her death . |
| 3 | She was quite alone in the house with him , and as she realized the extent of his strength and his determination , and the quite deliberate surrender of his self-control , she knew that she was literally at his mercy . |
| 4 | Walter Eaton , a Department of Employment training officer , was already at his desk . |
| 5 | DAWN was still a full hour away , but Colonel Windsor was already at his post . |
| 6 | On returning at night , with his dog , who was usually at his heels , he again stopped at Aylesford , and as is too frequently the case upon such occasions , he drank immoderately , and left the place in a state of intoxication . |
| 7 | ‘ And that 's it ? ’ said her papa quietly ; he was always at his most dangerous when he was quiet . |
| 8 | But ten minutes later , as Frau Nordern was drifting off into an uneasy slumber , Herr Nordern was still at his desk , staring into the darkness , the end of his cigar glowing like a red warning signal as the snow drifted down on to Berlin , and his family , and the city , slept . |
| 9 | A few years ago manuscript evidence was discovered that Torriano 's copy of de' Dondi 's clock was still at his house in Toledo in the seventeenth century , and it is therefore unlikely that , as formerly thought , it perished when the convent of San Yuste with its art treasures was set on fire by the French in 1809 . |
| 10 | It was 6.15 a.m. in Washington , and he was still at his residence at the Naval Observatory . |
| 11 | When he awoke Lucy was still at his side and the position of the sun had hardly changed . |
| 12 | Magill was still at his desk . |
| 13 | But he was n't at Paddington : he was still at his publisher 's in London Babington Press , Fine Arts Publications , South Kensington — and doubtless he referred to it , like anyone would , as Babington 's . |
| 14 | Tonight , however , he was still at his table when she reappeared , and that threw her still farther off balance . |
| 15 | It was probably at his suggestion that the Wordsworths walked one evening to Holford , a small village three miles west from Stowey on the road to Putsham and Kilve . |
| 16 | Still , David was also an honest and capable footballer and , even if his Palace career was not to reach his previous level , he played some useful games for us and was probably at his best in the autumn of 1983 , when he also scored some valuable goals , including one late winner against his home town club , Cardiff City . |
| 17 | Hogarth also lived there , but he was often at his business address in Leicester Fields , and in his latter years he became ‘ Sergeant Painter ’ to the King . |
| 18 | He was now at his most ironic . |
| 19 | If she relinquished her grip on the door she was completely at his mercy . |
| 20 | He was nervous and unsettled before the opening , and suffered from chills and fever , but , in spite of his aversion to conventional " publicity " , he was persuaded to give interviews to the press , although he was never at his best on such occasions . |
| 21 | Of course , he 'd given up medicine to pursue comedy , but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others . |