Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 2 | I made my entry at the end of the song . |
| 3 | I discharged my responsibility at the court , and that is that . |
| 4 | WHILE Swansea maintained their position at the head of the Heineken League 's Division One with a comfortable 23–4 win over bottom club Maesteg , Llanelli stayed in touch , one point behind , by beating Cardiff 22–6 . |
| 5 | Mikhail Gorbachev got his hands on a Montego when he visited its home at the Cowley assembly plant in Oxford 7 years ago , just before taking office at Soviet leader . |
| 6 | She jerked her head at the boy and he went over and turned the knob . |
| 7 | She jerked her chin at the box of letters . |
| 8 | Newton Aycliffe 's Christine Brunskill also avenged her defeat at the hands of Middlesbrpugh and Cleveland Harrier Marie Stansmore . |
| 9 | Looking back on that moment now , she felt it tremble before her , round and perfect as an overfull drip , and she caught her breath at the thought of its transitoriness , its shimmering beauty , and suddenly whispered to herself , ‘ I am happy , ’ as if she feared it might not last forever . |
| 10 | Then she caught her breath at the evidence of his arousal , but he stayed so still that , fascinated , she touched him , and felt the jerk of his response as she stroked and encircled his warm , hard flesh in an investigation that was both shy and bold . |
| 11 | He kept rubbing his cheek against mine , and so I was thankful when his mother stopped her trolley at the back of a bright red Mercedes . |
| 12 | She found her husband at the foot of the bed cropuching over a wooden box into which the pipe had been inserted . |
| 13 | The two soon concentrated their business at the Albion brewery . |
| 14 | I have this from her own mouth , for I visited her house at the Falster ferry , at a time when her husband was arrested for a crime . ’ |
| 15 | Great cars helped to develop great drivers and wealthy Britons Lord Howe and Sir Henry Birkin were two of the many aristocrats that tried their hand at the sport . |
| 16 | Kirkpatrick helped his father at the forge , worked on a neighbouring farm , got a job as a coachman , and at twenty-two became an assistant to the blacksmith of Walter Scott , fifth Duke of Buccleuch [ q.v. ] , at Drumlanrig . |
| 17 | He jerked his head at the shy . |
| 18 | Dr Neil , coming into the parlour where McAllister was permitted to knit and sew , caught his breath at the sight of her with the doll . |
| 19 | Polsky used his ability at the pool-table in his study of ‘ hustlers ’ : |
| 20 | Later during the first journey , comedian Jimmy Edwards tried his hand at the controls . |
| 21 | Scowling , he scanned the page , then scrawled his name at the bottom . |
| 22 | Although they registered their disapproval at the MPs ' vote with the Government , the council group leader , Richard Lyle , said : ‘ Alex Salmond has the clear backing of the Motherwell SNP council group as does the SNP parliamentary group . |
| 23 | She shared their hurt at the way they were sometimes treated , and was angered by the restrictions that were placed on them . |
| 24 | Like heat-seeking missiles , his eyes collided with hers and on his face was an unconcealed , raw , earthy hunger that made her clutch at the pillar for support . |
| 25 | MEANWHILE , Tanfield No 20 made her debut at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway last weekend . |
| 26 | She thought what an undecided old fool Phoebe was , but it made her outburst at the Frolic all the more courageous . |
| 27 | Both made their error at the treble which was by far the most troublesome obstacle . |
| 28 | In the eight years since UB40 made their debut at the Ulster Hall the Campbell brothers and the rest of them have grown in stature . |
| 29 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 30 | • Ropeable Lotus dealers in the US were after Lotus boss Michael Kimberley 's blood after the Lotus-badged Bertone Emotion made its debut at the Detroit show earlier this year . |