Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun prp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last ti me I dined at Balliol I sat next to the Regius Professor of Chemistry , aged around 193 , who told me about his visit to Egypt before the war , probably the Boer War . |
| 2 | Wounded at Dunkirk he spent five years as a POW in Germany . |
| 3 | Normally , one would assume that the particle will move on a straight line away from A. However , according to the sum over histories , it can move on any path that starts at A. It is like what happens when you place a drop of ink on a piece of blotting paper . |
| 4 | At one time so many people from the area were hanged at Newgate it had been nicknamed Jack Ketch 's Warren , and according to Paddy it had been known for as many as forty constables to march down with cutlasses to control disturbances . |
| 5 | But I I could n't get over you know , I say , I had a quick look the other at Marks you know , to even do the Christmas serviettes they 're doing a lot more and they said if people are n't buying as much on the clothes side erm so they they 've come down , I mean now I can get erm come over , and I said you 've never looked at Marks I said you never buy clothes , I said have a look in Marks , I said they do some really lovely |
| 6 | If we did n't do what was done at Castlewellan we would have had a complete sell out . ’ |
| 7 | Yes , Dock Commission sold the dredger , they sold the hoppers and then last the steam hopper went from here to Harwich and what they done at Harwich they , on the foredeck , see a big hopper , what we call hopper number three , they put a crane on there and use it t as a hopper then and |
| 8 | WHEN the Royal yacht Britannia berthed at Leith I went down to take a photograph but the police said no one was allowed in . |
| 9 | Without looking at Patrick he said quietly , " You know she 's smitten with you ? " |
| 10 | Her mouth opened and shut ; then looking at Maggie she said , ‘ You silly daft lump , I thought you were joking and it was Simon you had brought back . ’ |
| 11 | Slater sighed , looked Sara up and down , Graham 's heart , or his guts , something deep inside him , ached , as Slater went on , " Not for me , of course , though looking at Sara I almost wish I was a lesbian , sometimes . " |
| 12 | Looking at Rostov he made a slow , palm-up gesture . |
| 13 | As I understand it from what was said at Edingley it was n't necessary for these buses to go to Norwood Gardens because they were well served without . |
| 14 | The last time Ferdinand played at Wembley he hit the Dutch post and though Platt popped in the rebound , he said : ‘ I want to go one better this time and score . |
| 15 | ‘ But I think the way we played at Leeds he was something of a luxury sometimes — there were times when even his team mates did n't know what he woeld do next ’ ‘ It 's different at Scumchester United where they really do play through him — AND OF COURSE HE 'S ALSO SURROUNDED BY BETTER PLAYERS ’ … |
| 16 | you can always complain about any thing , look at America they 've got private health care , look at the number of doctor 's being sued |
| 17 | Oh look at Nankypoo He 's got his tongue hanging out . |
| 18 | Look at Annabel she looks like a little snow baby , darling ! |
| 19 | Look at Anthony he 's rubbing . |
| 20 | Oh he was a lovely man I think John knew you know , I mean look at Derek she still talks to him |
| 21 | Well look at Billy he 's waiting to have his eyes tested |
| 22 | ‘ Whatever happened at Charlton we were going to have to win our last game . |
| 23 | When the accident happened at Chernobyl he was at a party meeting in Moscow . |
| 24 | But what happened at Westleton I do n't know . |
| 25 | When he turned his head to look at Turakina she gave a gasp of annoyance and let go of the half-plaited queue . |
| 26 | Oh I see that , that 's how you remember , oh the other day I went to look at Asda you know , put my card in the machine and my mind just went totally blank , do you think I could remember the dam number . |
| 27 | As for those remaining at Smiths they can only hope that the recession has done it 's worst — and that further job cuts are not on the horizon . |
| 28 | When the new manager arrived at Highbury he made administrative changes which deprived Arsenal 's fifty voluntary workers — mostly schoolteachers acting as stewards and programme sellers — of various perks . |
| 29 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 30 | ‘ And when we arrived at Heathrow I came clean , telling them Natasha was seeking asylum . ’ |