Example sentences of "at his father 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 2 | The dedication was a gesture of pained sorrow at his father 's death as much as an act of filial piety , and the natural way to do it was to reproduce the style and character of his essentially Edwardian father . |
| 3 | Marshall has made an almost mapped-out rise since he began playing the game at the age of eight at his father 's club at Kegworth . |
| 4 | Lachlan stirred , but settled again at his father 's glare . |
| 5 | Standing at his father 's shoulder , Lachlan noticed Farquhar 's hand on the hilt of his knife , and gestured secretly to him to remove it . |
| 6 | He and Southey found Henry Poole living at his father 's house , Shurton Court , then recently transformed from a large farmhouse to a townish Georgian mansion . |
| 7 | The door closed behind Abul Ismail , and Nicholas looked at his father 's wife . |
| 8 | There was no response as Ho grabbed at his father 's arm in panic . |
| 9 | And there was a second and even more admirable fantasy in which he had knelt at his father 's side , had pressed his clenched fist hard into the groin , quenching the spurting blood , had whispered reassurance into those dying eyes . |
| 10 | At his father 's funeral he is rumoured to have said ‘ There is now only the old woman 's death to pray for' ’ ( he stood to inherit property in the town worth £900 ) . |
| 11 | After the service , when everyone had gone to the reception at his father 's house , Duncan had returned to the fresh brown earth mound and prayed for his grandfather 's soul . |
| 12 | Danny laughed at his father 's misgivings . |
| 13 | Gaston II was seven years old at his father 's death in 1315 and custody was claimed by his grandmother , against the rival claims of his mother , Jeanne of Artois . |
| 14 | At his father 's death in 1598 he inherited about £1,800 per annum in land . |
| 15 | Richard took hostages from them and then sent them and other members of their league to England to sue for mercy at his father 's feet . |
| 16 | As the Young King wavered between the three alternatives of remaining dutifully at his father 's side , going to Jerusalem , or marching into Aquitaine , he was certainly tempted by messages from the rebels offering to recognize him as their Duke , but he may also have been egged on by Geoffrey of Brittany . |
| 17 | Paul bit his lip as he jogged at his father 's shoulder along a trail that wound through fringes of jungle beside the La Nga River . |
| 18 | The grief can be displaced and a man unable to cry at his father 's funeral may find himself crying for days three months later when his spaniel dies . |
| 19 | His practical training started at his father 's mill , where he was given a lathe and built small working steam engines . |
| 20 | He then rebuilt and re-erected the beam engine at his father 's mill and invented the weft fork , later adopted universally , which enabled looms to be worked at high speed . |
| 21 | Hargreaves 's education began at his father 's school in Slaithwaite . |
| 22 | At his father 's death , Webb moved to Kingswood to take over the business , married Alice Trobridge , and had many daughters , and one son , Benedict . |
| 23 | He was educated at his father 's school , St George 's House , Everton , until , at the age of fifteen , of his own volition , he decided to pursue a commercial career . |
| 24 | Li Yuan stood at his father 's side , scanning each sheet as his father finished with it . |
| 25 | Stephen pulled down the blind and sat at his father 's desk , opening one drawer after another . |
| 26 | Similarly calculated , and again perhaps no mere " encomiastic vignette " but drawn from life , is Ermold 's picture of the little Charles at his father 's hunt : By chance a little doe with the pack of hounds behind her flees Through the shady grove , and leaps through willow-woods . |
| 27 | It was probably now that Charles , at his father 's behest , stood godfather ( and gave his name ) to Pippin 's newborn second son . |
| 28 | Lothar came and fell at his father 's feet . |
| 29 | Son of Gifford Tate , the painter , he had been the Garlands ' doctor since , at his father 's death , he had returned to Falmouth and set up practice in the family house . |
| 30 | Among the materials he used to construct his prototypes at his father 's croft in Watten were heather and animal bone . |