Example sentences of "at [noun] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Pouncey is at present editing his diaries , drawing attention to entries such as one for October 1949 , when , between 7.17 am and 12.25 pm he visited no less than twelve Roman churches , certainly with the intense concentration he devoted to each of the many visits they made to Italy together . |
| 2 | William is at present completing his third year at St Augustine 's . |
| 3 | He paused and winked surreptitiously at Chuck to emphasize his innuendo . |
| 4 | And the rhythm of her dialogue in some of the later books at times recalls his free hexameters . |
| 5 | Charles 's decisive victory at Prestonpans transformed his prospects . |
| 6 | A mixture of something old and something new , everybody here at Club has his or her own favourite , and we 've also asked a few personalities to say a few words about their number 1 trip . |
| 7 | The young Berenson was a polymath , whose brilliant career at Harvard led his friends to pay for him to visit Europe to continue his studies . |
| 8 | The removal of the box at Pinmore made his photograph possible as it gave an unimpeded view of the subject . |
| 9 | Busacher had his cloak pulled round his legs and at intervals held his hands in front of the fire to thaw them out before playing again . |
| 10 | David became a regular member of Palace 's 2nd Division side during 1965–66 and in three seasons rarely missed a match , although a mid-season injury at Millwall kept his appearances in our 1968–69 promotion team down to thirty . |
| 11 | Mr Shamir has been hard at work consolidating his right-wing support and trying to win over independent conservatives ; he has reiterated his determination to keep the P L O out of any peace talks and has steadfastly refused to consider any deal which would involve giving up territory for peace . |
| 12 | As far as we know there were only two places where he was likely to feel sufficiently at home to take his jacket off — in his own house and at Laura Passmore 's . ’ |
| 13 | The problem is that the man seems to have been shot indoors , somewhere where he felt sufficiently at home to take his jacket and tie off … ’ |
| 14 | Kiwi is now safely back at home enjoying his usual vegetarian diet of oranges , apples and of course kiwi fruit . |
| 15 | A curate of Calverton in the late sixteenth century , Rev. William Lee , had a brainwave one day when sitting at home watching his wife knitting stockings by hand . |
| 16 | Paul remembered the Colonel , an old martinet who was one of those who had made it evident that he ought to be at home helping his mother . |
| 17 | Douglas Cox is now safely back at home entertaining his friends with his tales of bravery . |
| 18 | For another thing , I told a friend of mine at Corps to shuffle his documents if the frogs started looking for us . |
| 19 | Chairman of selectors Ted Dexter was at Lilleshall to run his eye over final preparations and said : ‘ We have had one of the most successful years at international level that we have enjoyed in recent times , but the coming tour represents quite a different challenge to the ones our players have had before . ’ |
| 20 | The first step will come next week when Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , uses the Conservative Party conference at Blackpool to reaffirm his commitment to changing the NHS and set out a justification for the forthcoming legislation . |
| 21 | The photo shows Healthcare 's branch manager at Bristol having his moustache shaved off by three of his sales consultants , Allyson Glover , Angela Rowlands and Lea Collins . |
| 22 | Not for the first time , John Hogan at Marlboro played his skilful middleman 's role . |
| 23 | If she 's in a good mood she 'll time Ted 's egg by the 8.05 to Edinburgh ; on the other hand , on a bad day she 'll shout at Ted to make his own bloody breakfast and curse at Frieda for wasting good food on her plate . |
| 24 | Pizan writes : ‘ When he was occupied by some task and not at leisure to present his lectures to his students , he would send Novella , his daughter , in his place to lecture to the students from his chair . ’ |
| 25 | Yates , of Liverpool , and therefore at leisure to pursue his own employment of measuring and planning estates … |
| 26 | He thought of something he had read once about Fielding , who had heard the watermen at Rotherhithe mocking his body when it had grown ugly with the dropsy . |
| 27 | The owner of Con O'Neill 's Castle at Castlereagh told his agent to build a protective wall around it ; the agent , looking for the nearest source of building stone , saw the castle and demolished it to make the wall . |
| 28 | In Darlington it was ties he was after , opting for a restrained paisley pattern at £7.99 to replace his classic blue and white polka dot number . |
| 29 | Way , his face still cut and bruised , put his nightmare behind him yesterday at Sunningdale to resurrect his once glittering career . |
| 30 | My only regret is that he did n't turn up at court to watch his Pyrrhic victory . |