Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pos pn] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just up the road , at Langport in Somerset , was the birthplace of Walter Bagehot ( 1826–1877 ) , although as he directed his microphone at Liberal Democrat hecklers John Major had other things on his mind . |
| 2 | The son of a submariner and a waitress , he started his education at comprehensive school before gaining a naval scholarship to public school , where Douglas Hitchhiker 's Guide Adams was one year senior . |
| 3 | A ‘ serious ‘ cricketer and rugby player himself ( now a keen tennis player and golfer ) , he started his career at sponsored book company Newman Neame . |
| 4 | At a Prestwich meeting in 1936 he lost his temper at persistent heckling , jumped into his audience and knocked three of the ringleaders senseless . |
| 5 | He dubbed himself ‘ The Dragon ’ , but was known as the ‘ Railway Rapist ’ as he picked his victims at random as they travelled on trains , waited on platforms or as the walked close to railway stations . |