Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should throw himself at the Doctor 's back , grapple with him , break the machinery at which he was working . |
| 2 | For an instant , Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows . |
| 3 | He 'll sacrifice nothing at the expense of quality , knowing that the customer will sacrifice him instantly if the quality of his goods or services is poor . |
| 4 | ‘ So he 'll have it at the ceremony , ’ Ace concluded . |
| 5 | He could picture himself at the court of King Louis , accepting the thanks of his grateful monarch . |
| 6 | He could feel them at the small of his back , feel the scratch of the lavender garland which she still held . |
| 7 | Or I mean I think he 's , she 's bitten him before , if he had any sense he 'd leave them at the gate or something , I mean somebody would go for them . |
| 8 | He said he 'd put them at a friend 's house for safe keeping , and the friend just happened to have gone away on holiday . |
| 9 | ‘ We figured that if this was all about focusing the mind 's energy , he 'd have it at the ceremony , ’ Benny added . |
| 10 | Brian did not like parties , according to Alix , and had expressed fears that he would know nobody at the Headleands ' , but this was not so , for he had already engaged himself with his habitual courtesy with old Sir Anthony . |
| 11 | Poindexter , weary , did not really want to know and had no memory of the memo at all ; he told him he would see him at the office in the morning . |
| 12 | No doubt he would see her at the vicarage . |
| 13 | His first major poetry collection since 1986 ; he will present it at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 14 | Let's say an Upper School boy , doing what might turn out to be a six week long project , he will mark it at the end of every session , well not mark it but assess it — which is slightly different — and staple little bits of paper on it with comments and suggestions , and so on . |
| 15 | He will find himself at the heart of a Ruritanian ceremonial which makes the House of Lords seem informal . |
| 16 | As his life-experience , including suffering , becomes integrated so he can put it at the disposal of others , explicitly and implicitly . |