Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He made himself at home . |
| 2 | By the time he sold it at auction ( Sotheby 's , New York , May 1989 ) it had given him a real net annual rate of return of just under 20 per cent , after allowing for commission , insurance and inflation . |
| 3 | It was n't until the launch had vanished around the tip of Vittoriosa , and the soaring golden bulk of Fort St Angelo , that she realised he had n't told her what time he expected her at Casa Sciorto tomorrow evening . |
| 4 | When he found her at Leominster , Hereford and Worcester , he spent Pounds 68,000 on the house next door . |
| 5 | By instinct rather than design he found himself at Saint Winifred 's altar , and kneeled to approach her , his creaky knees settling gingerly on the lowest step of her elevated place . |
| 6 | One day he found himself at Market Harborough but with no idea where he was going . |
| 7 | It was not until he had accepted and had received travel instructions that he found himself at Bletchley Park as part of the Enigma team reading German cypher traffic . |
| 8 | He found them at Neath Abbey , and the king was taken to Renilworth Castle while Isabella and Mortimer proceeded to wreak their vengeance on his supporters . |
| 9 | Well he beat me at dinner at erm |
| 10 | A DISTRAUGHT mum last night begged her ‘ danger man ’ husband to free their two young children after he snatched them at gunpoint . |
| 11 | A DISTRAUGHT mum last night begged her danger man husband to return their two young children after he snatched them at gunpoint . |
| 12 | He shouted something at Endill but he could n't hear because of the wind and did n't dare move or shout back , frightened he would upset the basket . |
| 13 | I never went there to stay , but I was always glad when he visited us at Canonmills . |
| 14 | He told her at length of what he would do and what she would do . |
| 15 | He told me at Westgate . |
| 16 | He surveyed her at length as he demolished the cake . |
| 17 | He has always been very bad about it , which is why he injured himself at Steve Hadley 's yard , and even now John has to dope him before he is clipped . |
| 18 | Rosengarten 's forte lay in the fine arts , painting and sculpture in particular , to which he committed himself at McGill ahead of Leonard . |
| 19 | He directed it at Mr Brown , calling him childish and accusing him of launching the sleaziest-ever attacks in US politics . |
| 20 | He telephoned me at lunchtime on that day and by a fluke I had a cancellation , so I was able to see him almost immediately . |
| 21 | I took my friendly Spanish grammar to the library every day and tried to be polite to Jefferson when he maddened me at meals . |
| 22 | Murad II came out of retirement to inflict a severe defeat on this motley force when he confronted them at Varna . |
| 23 | This summer he displayed it at air shows around the UK and in France and went to Malaga in it . |
| 24 | Horse and Jockey AC match secretary Mick Dryers had an unusual Sunday morning — he spent it at home for the first time in two years . |
| 25 | The linoleum beside the chest was badly stained by spills from the big white pot where he relieved himself at night when the house was very quiet and scary . |
| 26 | Denis Smith says he enjoyed himself at Stoke especially in the early seventies when they had a good team … as a professional he wants Oxford to win but after the game will revert to being a stoke supporter … he says his young son also supports them |
| 27 | Cleverly he arranged it at night when there were no cars parked in Clifton Street , otherwise the swing of the 50-feet car would surely have reached them ! |
| 28 | He placed it at Robbie 's feet and sat , head on one side , as if saying , ‘ Well now , what about that ? ’ |
| 29 | He waved it at Maisie in a threatening manner . |
| 30 | ‘ Er , Königsberg , ’ he corrected her at length . |