Example sentences of "at [noun] he be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present he is stated to be ‘ a senior government official in the research and development area of the Department of Energy in Washington DC ’ ( from bookjacket ) . |
| 2 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 3 | At times he was reduced to publishing acrostics in newspapers begging money for his wife and children . |
| 4 | His Missouri childhood gave him access to Baptist hymns and church music , but at Harvard he was introduced to the writings of Gertrude Stein and the music of Erik Satie . |
| 5 | And all his working life his mind was set on when he retired , instead of down doing it , you know , late at night he was going to be able to get up in the morning and do it . |
| 6 | Although his sister was now gravely ill he had to return to London but , on the voyage back , he was again afflicted with tachycardia and when the ship docked at Southampton he was rushed to hospital in London ; while recovering there , he learned that his sister had died . |
| 7 | During his time at York he was invited to be the visitor of the House of the Resurrection at Mirfield in Yorkshire , the community of priests founded at the end of the last century by Charles Gore . |
| 8 | On 6 April 1990 he returned to this country , but at Dover he was found to be in possession of cannabis and was arrested . |