Example sentences of "his [noun] at that " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand why , argues Gilbert , we need to understand the construction of the sodomite , his association at that time with evil , rebellion , and insurrection , and the belief that to tolerate his sin was to court the possibility of divine revenge ( as with Sodom and Gomorrah ) . |
| 2 | A shameful spew and tears in his eyes at that , the ultimate indignity . |
| 3 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 4 | The following is his acceptance speech as President and , while betraying a certain youthfulness , it demonstrates the cast — the humour and the audacity — of his mind at that time : |
| 5 | A bitter smile touched his lips at that , for had n't Grainne long since been lost ? |
| 6 | Like the latter two , he was to die a violent death , but that was not in the mind of his flatterers at that time . |
| 7 | She bit her lip instantly , regretting her outburst as much as she regretted ever catching his gaze at that ill-fated cocktail party . |
| 8 | A little fold of the veil can be drawn aside to disclose his mood at that time . |
| 9 | From now on , he 's getting his kicks from his favourite computer game , though his injuries have even impaired his skill at that . |
| 10 | It was difficult not to be ashamed of his behaviour at that time . |
| 11 | ‘ Last Saturday night , just about the time you were with his wife at that party in Fulham . |
| 12 | He half turned his head at that . |
| 13 | Gabriel scratched his head at that . |
| 14 | It would have been easy to nick his wallet at that point . |
| 15 | A young lad , a boy ; probably still an adolescent and little for his age at that . |
| 16 | His hairline at that age was receding at the parting , giving every intimation that he might be bald one day ; not so , in the event — photographs of him as an older man show clearly that same hairline , looking very much the same as it had in the days of his youth . |
| 17 | In fact , I can describe his manner at that moment no better than the way Miss Kenton puts it in her letter ; it was indeed ‘ as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there ’ . |
| 18 | As historians are very much writing as the product of their times , Coleridge as the poet wrote poetry very immediately as the result of his state at that particular time . |
| 19 | It will help [ the photographer ] to focus some aspect of his life and in the process enrich his life at that moment . |
| 20 | I was told by released French hostages that he did attempt to escape , that he was beaten very badly , and that basically his spirit at that time was , was , was broken ; he did n't want to talk with the other hostages in the room and he pretty much had withdrawn . |
| 21 | Dada was overcome by natural embarrassment on meeting his daughter at that moment . |
| 22 | If he could have pulled her into his arms at that moment he knew nothing could have stopped him from making love to her . |
| 23 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 24 | He also had another er , what we call a journey waybill and that , he used to record on there at each termini he used to record the time and the ticket numbers that he 'd got in his rack at that particular time , so it could be seen between certain times that a ticket perhaps was sold between Witton and Rushmere Heath . |
| 25 | His pass at that grade would however show what he could do . |
| 26 | There was even a suggestion that I was one of Juval Aviv 's sources for the Interfor Report , although I had never met the man or even seen his report at that point . |
| 27 | Had the attendance of the third party been only two , the Treasurer would have eaten his half-cake at that party alone . |
| 28 | Fleischmann told me that in his opinion Jones should have declared his interest to Gajewski more explicitly , not merely that he was interested in the problem , and should have informed Gajewski of his results at that time so that there would be no ambiguity about claims for priority . |
| 29 | Moreover , since all unproductive consumption is considered to be capitalist personal consumption , the question of the unproductive consumption of the state does not arise in his discussion at that point . |
| 30 | ‘ When the guard — he was a KGB man ’ — Myeloski had raised his eyebrows at that point — ‘ had gone , I wandered around the library . |