Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Brough ( the Principal ) and I sat at High Table , but it was very democratic because the students also took it in turns to sit at High Table — and to be invited to the Principal 's office for pre-dinner drinks ! |
| 2 | It was William and Hugh who led the foresters and verderers to search the houses of suspects for evidence and arrest offenders , and who presided at special inquests on Forest offences , and at the local Forest courts . |
| 3 | It was a it was a little Italian restaurant with about forty six and we went at regional conference and it was astounding ! |
| 4 | The first priority would be for the ground crews to make the bombs safe , then put out the fires and get the injured off , and everything done at top speed in case the whole lot went up . |
| 5 | The models behind the sun-baked cellophane smiled with shining teeth or pushed out kissing pouts or let their dewy bottom lip drop ; they arched and twisted and perched , strategic stickers interrupted the full view of their parts , spotted animal skins here and there hinted at biting beasts on the loose . |
| 6 | They 're all at a different school all day , and they shop at different times … but you never see them in restaurants and why should n't they be ? |
| 7 | The tranquil white-washed villages were a welcome relief and they stopped at small bars and quenched their thirst with local wine and spring water . |
| 8 | The force of the blow pushed them apart , and they arrived at opposite walls simultaneously , kicked again , and met once more in the centre . |
| 9 | I think there 's all sorts of er there 's all sorts of things that people do and they work at different levels . |
| 10 | Anton , his rolling bobbing head , in and out : and his mouth was ghastly , streaming blood and he bit at random , where he could : a cannibal feast , and there seemed no end to Parker , elephant big , but soft and white and easy to bleed , full of smells ; he could , heightened senses , whiff the slightest reek , the ebb and flow , as might a jackal , the strength drawn out of Parker . |
| 11 | Your clever words are very amusing , of course , but you laugh at serious things . |
| 12 | The ‘ Community method ’ therefore was pragmatic , but it aimed at great things . |