Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 2 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 3 | Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours . |
| 4 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 5 | And I hardly got to know him at all . |
| 6 | The defendant then made an agreement with the plaintiffs in which ‘ in consideration that the plaintiffs , at the request of the defendant , would deliver to the defendant ’ the cargo of coal , the defendant promised to unload it at a stated rate . |
| 7 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |
| 8 | I have n't spoken to Mr Boldwood since the autumn , when I promised to see him at Christmas , so I 'll have to go . |
| 9 | Oliver was a whiny child , partly , I think , because Nonni had set ideas about bringing up babies which involved feeding them at set hours and leaving them to cry in between . |
| 10 | She tried to put him at ease : " Why do n't you take your coat off ? " she said . |
| 11 | tried to put them at our at the cost of our of the work for quite a while . |
| 12 | He tried to do it at home and that was |
| 13 | She once tried to draw herself at school ‘ when I was obsessed with the dark circles under my eyes . |
| 14 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 15 | Fred Bradley stayed very much in the background and his soft , kind eyes helped to put her at ease . |
| 16 | ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat . |
| 17 | But I 've got a lot of time for Tom Clarke , he 's a nice man and it would be absolutely disgusting if anyone tried to dump him at the moment . ’ |
| 18 | Three-year-old Daniel Hampton was crushed when the 9ft-high and 8ft-wide panel toppled on to him as he tried to climb it at a recreation ground . |
| 19 | Margaret Jones claims her husband tried to murder her at the family home in Brockhampton , by pumping exhaust fumes from the garage into her bedroom . |
| 20 | Jimmy Richards , 31 , suffocated after the weights landed on his face and neck when he tried to lift them at a Bradford health club . |
| 21 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 22 | McFarlane , who in his more sober Methodist way felt much the same , tried to explain it at the hearings . |
| 23 | I learned of his death when I tried to telephone him at Ladram Avionics . |
| 24 | ‘ I tried to sign him at QPR three years ago , then again during the summer , ’ said Wednesday 's player-boss . |
| 25 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 26 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
| 27 | Dimly doing her best to remember what they 'd taught her at school , Diane believed that she 'd managed to work out the map reference by the time that Ross Aldridge arrived at the Hall . |
| 28 | They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose . |
| 29 | She 'd placed herself at his mercy . |
| 30 | ‘ You 've got chilblains ! ’ their mother said when she came to see them at the beginning of December . |