Example sentences of "at his [noun] [conj] i " in BNC.

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1 No , it would n't have surprised me if he 'd been at his easel while I was painting the town red !
2 We work well together , I respect him as a professional , I can laugh at his jokes and I can even accept that his genius probably entitles him to live by a set of standards most of us do n't even recognise as standards — but that 's it ! ’
3 My hackles began to rise at his tone but I kept my voice calm .
4 At the Hospedaje Lisboa where Dana stayed — ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — I looked up at his window as I had so often done on those lonely days and nights he spent away from me .
5 He was sitting at his desk and I went and put my arms round him from behind , and nuzzled his ear .
6 ‘ He is good at his job and I do n't want him to lose it because of something stupid like this . ’
7 an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart
8 There are many can tell you what I suffer at his hands though I serve him as best I can .
9 He erm he was n't giving evidence at the enquiry , but erm it was at his suggestion that I was asked to meet with the Chief Planning Officer prior to the to talk about alternative sites .
10 I was quite surprised at his reaction when I informed him of the death of ‘ Egg and chips twice ’ .
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