Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [pron] at a " in BNC.

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1 I made contact with Sheringham through an agent and met him at a hotel .
2 She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it .
3 Mould was a frenzied , energetic builder and did everything at a manic speed .
4 Colin picked up his coffee and drank it at a gulp .
5 Julia turned away from the sea , stepped from sand onto concrete and settled herself at a terrace table outside a café .
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