Example sentences of "[verb] and [pron] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well as I say I went out and erm I thought , well Jill phoned and she said at the time my mum had got a boy that was sleeping rough down the sandpits . |
| 2 | At least , out here , I have — I admit this with shame — I have delivered an extended breech with the nurse giving chloroform at one end and praying and me delivering at the other end and swearing , and the baby lived , the mother lived , and everything was all right . |
| 3 | I will say that Roy dealt with it , when it happened and I know at the time he , he was very very thorough over it . |
| 4 | Jinny did not understand , but the boy 's head turned and he stared at the Hare-woman . |
| 5 | And there he was , I went to look and I saw at the end there , a big pile of erm earth fresh earth you know . |
| 6 | But her legs shook and she clutched at the bed , which seemed to recede and there was a strange , fizzing sensation in her head . |
| 7 | Towards the late afternoon , exhausted by its own violence , it began to die slowly and soon the ‘ great noise for nothing ’ became a gasping puff , The doors were opened and we stared at the drifts of dust which had banked against houses and cars in much the same way that snow drifts against walls and trees . |
| 8 | After we went through the second door , Buff stood without moving and he looked at the trees and did n't say anything . |
| 9 | Scathach 's horse panicked and he shouted at the creature , which stamped in the water , twisting and tugging with discomfort . |
| 10 | Her eyes widened and she stared at the page before throwing the paper down . |
| 11 | And here she 's telling Ruth , now what you 've got ta do , she 's she 's got him , she 's got her introduced to Boaz and she tells him it 's a strange custom , one that 's perhaps even stranger in our eyes today but there er after the party , the great harvest supper she 's , the the they lie down in the barn together , they all just , they 're tired it 's , it 's , the party 's gone on into the wee hours of the morning , and there they just , they do n't bother going home , they lie down there in the barn together all of them and she says to Ruth what you must do according to the custom is , you go and you lie at the feet of Boaz and wait , just wait , and wait for him to respond to you . |
| 12 | He listened to what she said and they laughed at the same things . |
| 13 | Her host repeated that she was to order anything that she wanted and she stared at the words on the card , taking none of them in . |