Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many households it is conventional for everyone to retire at the same time , and to re-emerge simultaneously in the morning , with scant toleration being shown to individuals who do not conform . |
| 2 | The Wellenkuppe summit , a white notch against a blue sky , was only five minutes away up an easy snow slope , but almost everyone stopped at the top of the rock pitch for a second breakfast . |
| 3 | Of course I admit there 's an alcohol problem , but then again it tends to look worse than it is because the res is dry so everyone congregates at the nearest bar , which is two miles south , in Nebraska . |
| 4 | And the answer 'll be no , cos nothing has at the moment . |
| 5 | Nothing moved at the crossroads , or nothing that threatened a soldier 's life . |
| 6 | It 's a bit like asking why someone looks at the sky or watches the sunset . ’ |
| 7 | A fan activates air in the dining room to let Julia know when someone rings at the doorbell . |
| 8 | Someone grasped at the side of the cart as it went past , and Arkhina smashed his fingers with a hammer . |
| 9 | If someone stands at the front of the play , at the front of the stage and says , you know , I believe in democracy , then you know you are let into a political play , yeah . |
| 10 | It 's not known with any degree of certainty , erm , there was some indication by someone writing at the end of the last century , that it was written by someone in the time of the Queen Elizabeth , hence , perhaps it was God Save The Queen . |
| 11 | At the simplest level this means deciding that someone wearing , say , a skirt in our society is female and acting on the basis of this decision , or deciding that someone shouting at the top of his or her voice is excited or angry and acting accordingly . |
| 12 | ‘ We must hold our nerve , ’ Malik was saying , ‘ and have someone look at the damn manuscript . |
| 13 | Do you want me to send someone to look at the plough ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Get someone to look at the new evidence you turned up . |
| 15 | The next morning he was woken up by someone kicking at the shop door . |
| 16 | The three glossed signs from transcript 1 ( KNOCKED , CAME , WHAT ? ) represent three propositions with the meaning that someone knocked at the door , the person inside came and tried to find out what it was . |
| 17 | He stopped speaking as someone knocked at the door . |
| 18 | But while you 're doing that , I 'm trying to get the wages made up for — ’ began Josh , then exploded irritably as someone knocked at the office door : ‘ What is it now ? ’ |
| 19 | Someone knocked at the door . |
| 20 | Just then , someone knocked at the front door . |
| 21 | After breakfast the next day , someone knocked at the front door . |
| 22 | Then when she was talking to me someone knocked at the door then Auntie Linda was saying he wo n't bite you , he 's alright . |
| 23 | Someone calling at The Two Pheasants , I suppose , or at the Shoosmiths . ’ |
| 24 | Probably be glad to get rid of her , she thought gloomily , then looked up sharply as someone rapped at the back door . |
| 25 | She had completed her notes when someone tapped at the door and entered . |
| 26 | Someone tapped at the door , and a spasm flickered across his features as she released her breath in a tiny hissing sound . |
| 27 | She was hunting through her bag when someone tapped at the door . |
| 28 | Lindsey was putting the finishing touches to her notes when someone tapped at the door and a dark-haired girl popped her head round . |
| 29 | She was applying touches of her favourite perfume to her pulse points when , right on cue , someone tapped at the door . |
| 30 | Lindsey was clearing her desk when someone tapped at the door . |