Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I duly arrived at 9.30 am . |
| 2 | However , Brownie Helper 's husband would act as chauffeur , so not being able to think of more excludes , I duly arrived at the appointed hour , to find a welcoming party of six little girls , all anxious to fetch and carry equipment . |
| 3 | I duly called at her house in Thistle Street . |
| 4 | Railway stations are almost home to me now , I realized , when I eventually arrived at Victoria . |
| 5 | When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’ |
| 6 | In gratitude for what I thought God had given me , a second chance , I ignored Leon 's boredom as I talked him through the files — just as I was ignoring Muriel 's messages to call her — and I ignored his rarely appearing at meetings with agricultural reps and men from the Milk Marketing Board ; ignored his non-involvement with any of the humdrum things essential to the running of a place like Sleet . |
| 7 | Yeah , well I manually combine at the moment the range names . |
| 8 | I apparently walked at an unusually early age but was slow learning to speak . |
| 9 | ‘ I better start at the beginning for lack of anywhere else , ’ Marek continued . |
| 10 | ‘ I better look at the ones you found , then . ’ |
| 11 | I personally spoke at countless gatherings , from twenty suited businessmen at their weekly lunch to 200 noisy schoolchildren packed in a hall . |
| 12 | These I personally selected at training schools , generally those with " Distinguished " passes . |
| 13 | I only looked at . |
| 14 | mind you with cottage , I 've painted big cottage on the stage and , I only looked at it on me bike as I went through Salver |
| 15 | I only eat at the Vetch-Retch these days when someone else is paying , which is much the same as saying when England wins at cricket . |
| 16 | I only comment at this stage that the latter exclusion would render the remedy of little practical use . |
| 17 | I only arrived at it this morning . ’ |
| 18 | I only play at Snap — |
| 19 | I said , no , and she said oh I have lots of times , I only live at Manchester , you see , and of course , you had to go by boat you see , and I caught the boat train from Ipswich at eight o'clock in the morning and I got to Manchester at lunchtime about one and then went on to Liverpool and the train there took us almost down to the docks . |
| 20 | I do n't remember the paper I only look at the front and the back on a Friday , well pick it up and have a look |
| 21 | But I should not have been sent straight from school to Somerville on Classics ; I wanted to swap to History but did not know enough , so I was encouraged to do P.P.E. I was bored by both Philosophy and Economics so I only worked at Politics ’ . |
| 22 | I suddenly felt at ease and I 'm just hoping I can stay in the side alongside Alan . ’ |
| 23 | And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening . |
| 24 | I suddenly screeched at her , ‘ I do n't want to know ! ’ and threw down the phone and pushed myself out of the door . |
| 25 | What would have happened had I not arrived at the door at precisely that juncture , I can not imagine . |
| 26 | Fancy my not guessing at once that the Umpire She was on about was none other than the top man himself . |
| 27 | Most of them were small , gnarled , dark-furred exters , but I scarcely glanced at them . |
| 28 | I just laughed at Anwar , as we all did , but no one dared say the one true thing : it was all his own fault . |
| 29 | I just swayed at her , and she |
| 30 | I just stared at him and said , ‘ Go to hell , Preacher . ’ |