Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 4 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |
| 6 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 7 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But he either could n't or would n't understand , and he left it at the back . |
| 10 | And er also many engineers when they were out their time , they went to Glasgow and for a few years , he , everybody who went from Galashiels , word got through to him and he met them at the station and got them settled in their digs in Glasgow . |
| 11 | And he shook her at the end of each question . |
| 12 | Luib took the practice sword from him with a nod , and he joined them at the edge of the field . |
| 13 | That was his word , and it struck me at the time that it was extreme language for a man of his temperament . |
| 14 | ‘ Because ‘ e 's my mate , and it annoyed me at the time to see ‘ im get ahead of me . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't think he meant it , looking back , but I believed him at the time . |
| 16 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 17 | But we had it at the N E C for a week and it must have produced hundreds of cages on a routine daily basis . |