Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is your enthusiasm , dedication and sheer hard work which has placed us at the forefront of our industry . |
| 2 | As time and cost constraints make extensive physical experimentation increasingly difficult to justify , the transport sector has installed itself at the forefront of the model revolution . |
| 3 | She plans to launch her own designer clothes label but that is one area where her younger sister has pipped her at the post . |
| 4 | He has raced it at the Nurnburg Ring incorporating a five day trip and intends to explore the delights of this new venture to the utmost . |
| 5 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
| 6 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 7 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 8 | He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired . |
| 9 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 10 | Miranda thought of M. Apéritif last night , and decided she would let him go further when she next saw him , in spite of the lizard darting of his small and oddly hard tongue in the kiss she 'd allowed him at the door of the hotel . |
| 11 | He 'd left her at the inn without so much as a word , and here he was , calmly indulging his hobby while she 'd had to trek after him . |
| 12 | When he 'd left her at the entrance to Newcastle Place the day Pa died she 'd ached with disappointment that she might never see him again . |
| 13 | He must have heard her at the door . |
| 14 | We would have expected them at the beginning , and as we are still at the beginning , they ought to be here . |
| 15 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 16 | Er I should have reminded everybody at the beginning , when you wish when you start to speak , would you please introduce yourself , give your name and who you represent . |
| 17 | You should have phoned us at the Club . ’ |
| 18 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 19 | Wickham suspected he looked dubious because she hurried on : ‘ Oh , I know you 're thinking I might not have noticed him at the bar . |
| 20 | Having met him at the station on 3 December , a Tuesday , we walked back to the Old parsonage , in St Giles 's ( now a hotel ) , where Michael Cullis had pleasant lodgings . |
| 21 | Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back . |
| 22 | You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘ |
| 23 | We 'd have seen her at the window long ago , and got her down . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He would have seen her at the races , ’ I said , smiling . |
| 25 | ‘ You should have told me at the time ! ’ |
| 26 | I should have told you at the beginning . |
| 27 | It is too late at the appeal stage to think about getting evidence which could have helped you at the beginning . |
| 28 | We might have got her at the ferry . ’ |
| 29 | The organisation of the celebrations on such a large scale was a major success for Pateman and although he could not have known it at the time he was in the final few months of his long and difficult years of service to the District and the WEA . |
| 30 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |