Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although he aimed it at Nicholas , it fired into the air , for the boy knocked it sideways and held it . |
| 2 | A quick glance at him showed her that he thought nothing at all of a drive like this , clinging to the mountainside and driving much too fast . |
| 3 | As Branson would have been the first to acknowledge , common sense dictated that he avoid it at all costs . |
| 4 | Her memoirs formed the inspiration for the film ‘ The King and I ’ , although Thomson 's portraits of the King show that he looked nothing at all like Yul Brynner . |
| 5 | It was not until he had accepted and had received travel instructions that he found himself at Bletchley Park as part of the Enigma team reading German cypher traffic . |
| 6 | The tired horse faced a journey of at least twenty miles across heavy country so he kept her at a sedate trot . |
| 7 | Her reaction to that had been swift but , so he persuaded himself at the time , perhaps rational . |
| 8 | Of course when he was living with Beatrice — and he painted her at least fourteen times — he could resume his sittings more or less at will . |
| 9 | A man like Luke had no need to force his attentions on unwilling women — and he had nothing at all in common with her ex-fiancé . |
| 10 | On the face of it , it seemed that she was gaining Ana 's confidence , but then Felipe already had her confidence and he knew nothing at all about her blindness . |
| 11 | I described the woman , and he knew her at once . |
| 12 | But he either could n't or would n't understand , and he left it at the back . |
| 13 | She looked at him with silent aggression and he left it at that . |
| 14 | Few months down the line , and he sells him at a loss . |
| 15 | And er also many engineers when they were out their time , they went to Glasgow and for a few years , he , everybody who went from Galashiels , word got through to him and he met them at the station and got them settled in their digs in Glasgow . |
| 16 | It came free and he threw it at me . |
| 17 | Just me ? today because in because it was in your place I came back from she 's got a big scratch book mum and she glued it on and came that close to me it 's about there and he threw it at me and there . |
| 18 | I 'll go and phone him , put ten P in the phone and he rings me at the phone box . |
| 19 | and he meet me at Presto and we 'll get your stuff and we 'll get our stuff out the same time erm |
| 20 | And he shook her at the end of each question . |
| 21 | and he proved it at London 's York Hall when he went and won the Commonwealth Flyweight Title … |
| 22 | And he gave thanks to God for the grace which had been vouchsafed to him , and said to his mother , that he did not think it good to keep the Kings in captivity , but to let them go freely ; and he set them at liberty and bade them depart . |
| 23 | Luib took the practice sword from him with a nod , and he joined them at the edge of the field . |
| 24 | Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers . |
| 25 | He was glad to let the subject drop and they drove in silence until he left her at the gate of Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 26 | Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion . |
| 27 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 28 | Not if he arranged it at the most awkward time of the year ? a little voice rejoined . |
| 29 | But her gaze was beyond words ; even if he said nothing at all , she could read him with ease . |
| 30 | She did n't mind if he said nothing at all , as long as they could walk along like this under a starlit sky , arm in arm forever . |