Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] at the " in BNC.

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1 In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems .
2 One of the nine graduates from the estimable Haringey ( now London ) Cricket College to have passed through the first-class portals , the seamer from St Lucia found himself plopped at the top of the order in the absence of four injured batsmen , this despite a previous firstclass output of 0 and 4 not out .
3 I expect you aimed at the walls. ,
4 It is hardly difficult to guess what happened at the Downes 's residence immediately after the death of Kemp .
5 I must sleep before relating what happened at the murder trial .
6 Remember , he does n't know what happened at the factory tonight .
7 Passing she looked at the flanks of the fields with interest
8 In fact , she did n't just feel like groaning — the frustration and worry she felt at the moment were enough to make her want to scream blue murder !
9 He says he laughed at the interviewer .
10 Another of the veterans , Col Oleg Nechiporenko , a Latin American specialist , promises to shed new light on Lee Harvey Oswald , whom he says he met at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City two months before the assassination of President Kennedy .
11 Police now reveal he called at the house shortly after that .
12 When the firemen finally arrived I pointed at the sacrificial pyre still burning and burbled something about my priceless slide-collection .
13 While I was waiting I glanced at the stamp that was on my hand .
14 He reckoned he lived at the corner of or something , so , when I asked him where he lived ?
15 Erm , I ca n't remember what happened at the end , if you were tempted to the barrel as well .
16 GRIDIRON : London Monarchs yesterday drew 17–17 with Birmingham Fire to leave them anchored at the bottom of the European Division of the World League .
17 I remember I looked at the pile of Billy 's goods and chattels which were supposed to fit inside a twelve-by-six-foot room and saying : ‘ I came with a Sainsbury 's carrier — and I had trouble filling that . ’
18 I know I said at the beginning that it could help save lives , am I er overstating the mark there ?
19 Yes , yes , yes and I would n't pay my rent because er ooh and I can tell you really the exact date when I er was pregnant because I know I quickened at the when it was first opened and er I was a waitress in the Room I think it was .
20 As she walked she tore at the seal , unfolding the single sheet .
21 I think that that is , is something that you know we looked at the you know the Mirror that you know while thirty years ago they were doing short punchy stories and they maintained that , that there was actually
22 We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument .
23 A few minutes later it emerged and flew off and then when it returned it looked at the wall and saw the marks and went inside .
24 Suppose you lived at the top of the building , and your parents stayed on the ground floor .
25 ‘ You say she cleared out ; I suppose you looked at the possibility that she went — wherever she did go — not of her own free will ? ’
26 Both the projector and the turntable were powered by the same motor to ensure they ran at the same speed .
27 I mean they were n't badly Me father at th er at the beginning of the war he worked he worked at the Grove pit , down the mine at the Grove and he used to be on afternoons .
28 What did you think they lacked at the time ?
29 Should fix me stiffened at the monstrous sight
30 With a heart beating as if it wanted to explode I looked at the two dead men ; I had never seen either of them before .
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