Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price . |
| 2 | ‘ I met them at the same time , ’ Tim recalls . |
| 3 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 4 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 5 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
| 6 | Whether you choose a chateau hotel or stay in stately homes where families take in guests , splendour is the word and we found it at the majestic Chateau de Noirieux in Briollay , Anjou . |
| 7 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 8 | One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put . |
| 9 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
| 10 | They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time . |
| 11 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 12 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 13 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 14 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 15 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 16 | Somehow she managed to keep her self-control , opened it at the right page and began reading it slowly , as though she had never seen it before , although she knew every word by heart — because it was written from the heart . |
| 17 | He opened it at the relevant page . |
| 18 | Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk . |
| 19 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |
| 20 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
| 21 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 22 | He considered him as he caused coffee to be produced and established them at the big table at the other end of his room . |
| 23 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 24 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 25 | both , really I think they both hit you at the same time |
| 26 | The conclusion that there was not going to be any hit him at the same time as Rincewind , whirring wildly down the passage , kicked him sharply in the groin . |
| 27 | He shoved it at the uniformed man 's face , watching with pleasure as he recoiled from the stench . |
| 28 | He knew that after shooting the second eight foot fall we would be free-falling thirty-feet onto a sloping rock shelf covered with a six inch sheet of tonnes and tonnes of the River Tees rushing over it every second ; hopefully ( if we hit it at the correct angle ) we would follow this shoot a further twenty five feet into the plunge pool at the bottom of the fall . |
| 29 | He pointed up the fairway and said : ‘ Just hit it at the wee stone marker . ’ |
| 30 | Just beyond Fort Augustus a trace of their road may still be found ; now impassable , it must have been a fearful route : the climb up to any height of it is ferociously demanding — or else I hit it at the wrong spot . |