Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 2 | They prepared to launch themselves at the waiting cordon of brawnier , no longer jeering , senior cadets . |
| 3 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 4 | They were almost shouting at one another , and both seemed to realise it at the same time . |
| 5 | Moses , for instance , was a whimpering mass of inferiority as God began to commission him at the burning bush . |
| 6 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
| 7 | Miss Scrimgeour had received one at the same time . |
| 8 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
| 9 | Rangers , though , deserved some fortune because they had enjoyed none at the other end . |
| 10 | He had gagged for hours following the ordeal , convinced that one of the dog 's hairs had lodged itself at the very back of his throat where his fingers were unable to reach . |
| 11 | She projected a kind of agelessness , which had made her at the same time an object of attention from both the Young Women 's Fitness Class and the Over-50s Club . |
| 12 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 13 | Somehow — it did not seem diplomatic to enquire too deeply just how — he had missed her at the arranged spot . |
| 14 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 15 | Fifty people ( the other thirty had disengaged themselves at the first mention of Dickens ) were now taking tea in the gardens of the Albion Hotel under the shelter of parasols . |
| 16 | Saskia had thrown something at the third and hit it on the head . |
| 17 | Miss Coldharbour had recruited her at the last moment to help serve supper for Canon Wheeler 's guests who included the Bishop and the Earl of Medewich and Markham . |