Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glaring from one to the other as they stood on either side of the bed , she said crossly to Lucy , ‘ So you 've brought him to see me at last . |
| 2 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 3 | His expression warned him to leave it at that . |
| 4 | Even after the king is killed and Macbeth is named king his ambition will not let him leave it at that . |
| 5 | I knew there was n't any point in asking him to return them at this stage . |
| 6 | After several attempts he got him at last on a bad telephone line . |
| 7 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |
| 8 | Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time . |
| 9 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |
| 10 | Had Nigel noticed she 'd left , or had n't he missed her at all ? |
| 11 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 12 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 13 | I think on balance I mi I my advice is that we do nothing , just wait and see if whether he contacts you at all . |
| 14 | So he gets it at four quid but |
| 15 | Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion . |
| 16 | Jim Pickering was one of the four : ‘ I was Red 2 in company with Red I and Green Section when I saw a Ju88 engaged by A.A. about 1,000 feet above us … he saw me at this height and turned in a circle onto my tail . |
| 17 | ‘ Why did he mention me at all ? ’ |
| 18 | He puts it at 370 curies ( the NRPB now guesses at 150 curies ) . |
| 19 | If he moves it at all — the elbow , that is — it wo n't set properly , and he 'll be no good at football , ever . |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't even sure he liked me at first . ’ |
| 21 | Had he loved her at all ? |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think he does it at all , ’ said Betty . |
| 23 | As Branson would have been the first to acknowledge , common sense dictated that he avoid it at all costs . |
| 24 | Lucky he spotted it at all . ’ |
| 25 | She looked at him with silent aggression and he left it at that . |
| 26 | He left it at that . |
| 27 | ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ she said at last , coming to a stop again behind David 's chair , ‘ is why he married me at all and why he … . ’ |
| 28 | Would he help her at all , after that last little exchange when her stiffness had angered him so ? |
| 29 | During a visit to an airfield he clocked it at 95 mph . |