Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My results were received with general disbelief when I announced them at a conference near Oxford . |
| 2 | I met him at a Conference , in Paris . ’ |
| 3 | I met him at a party . |
| 4 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 5 | I met him at a dance , a nice soldier who was playing double bass in the band . |
| 6 | ‘ When he was vice-president , I met him at a stage dinner when the Reagans were in the White House and we had a dance and we talked about playing tennis . |
| 7 | Apparently I met him at a conference on the economics of multiculturalism . |
| 8 | ‘ I met him at a tennis club , and he was a very , very attractive man indeed . |
| 9 | I got them at a craft fair at farm . |
| 10 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 11 | I told him at a funeral this afternoon that I was pulling him out of Saturday 's game . |
| 12 | For a long time , I adored him at a distance and could n't believe my luck when he started showing an interest in me . ’ |
| 13 | I , cos I saw her at a quarter past nine so |
| 14 | I learned it at a college for foreign languages in Kaohsiung . ’ |
| 15 | Er but I did it at a scale like erm one centimetre for o for every hour it 's blowing in that direction . |
| 16 | When my daughter was about four I enrolled her at a dancing school . |
| 17 | Again , beautifully rounded characters which established themselves at a leisurely pace are the secret of its appeal . |
| 18 | At two o'clock she seated herself at a window-table in a restaurant overlooking the Nile , near where the houseboat was moored . |
| 19 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , Veronica , you caught me at a bad moment , ’ Loretta said apologetically . |
| 21 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 22 | She found herself at a loss for words . |
| 23 | She adjusted it at a still more ludicrous angle in the mirror . |
| 24 | ‘ Is all well ? ’ he asked when she joined him at a small table in a corner of the crowded bar . |
| 25 | Glasses , a beard and lots of grey hairs — 47-year-old Rod Stewart 's new look seems to have stunned his model wife Rachel Hunter who joined him at a Los Angeles club . |
| 26 | As they walked he offered her his arm , unlike most punters , who followed her at a discreet distance . |
| 27 | So she advertised it at a knock-down price , and then invented a competitive bid to hurry you into signing on the dotted line . |
| 28 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
| 29 | I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire |
| 30 | We priced it at a wholesaler price , a retailer price and a con the price of a consumer . |