Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glaring from one to the other as they stood on either side of the bed , she said crossly to Lucy , ‘ So you 've brought him to see me at last . |
| 2 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 3 | His expression warned him to leave it at that . |
| 4 | Even after the king is killed and Macbeth is named king his ambition will not let him leave it at that . |
| 5 | I knew there was n't any point in asking him to return them at this stage . |
| 6 | But if Alexei said that he was not involved , then probably he was telling the truth , otherwise there would be no reason for him to say anything at all . |
| 7 | After several attempts he got him at last on a bad telephone line . |
| 8 | He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him . |
| 9 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |
| 10 | Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time . |
| 11 | Erm he has nothing at all because he 's never been married to you . |
| 12 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |
| 13 | At common law , if the court found that the plaintiff was partially to blame for his injuries , he received nothing at all . |
| 14 | He stirred himself at last and looked round , to find one even more worn out with weariness than himself . |
| 15 | ‘ Has he said anything at all ? ’ |
| 16 | Had Nigel noticed she 'd left , or had n't he missed her at all ? |
| 17 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 18 | ‘ He looks better , it 's true , but some days he eats nothing at all , and other days he eats just like a healthy boy . |
| 19 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 20 | I think on balance I mi I my advice is that we do nothing , just wait and see if whether he contacts you at all . |
| 21 | So he gets it at four quid but |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Eventually he finds himself at 500 feet , unable to see a good field ahead , unable to remember the wind direction , and trying to select a field with very little choice . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But he was never heard to say what he thought ( if , indeed , he thought anything at all ) about this vast amount of random detail he must have accumulated in his later years . |
| 26 | Does he mean anything at all by it ? |
| 27 | Jim Pickering was one of the four : ‘ I was Red 2 in company with Red I and Green Section when I saw a Ju88 engaged by A.A. about 1,000 feet above us … he saw me at this height and turned in a circle onto my tail . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Why did he mention me at all ? ’ |
| 30 | He brought nothing at all into the marriage , and the family wanted nothing to do with him . |