Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] they at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disorder that had seemed to him for decades to determine the course of events regrouped itself like a pile of iron filings suddenly organized by a magnet , and he had a flash of optimism when it appeared quite possible that men in the days to come might wish to find out more than concerned them at the moment . |
| 2 | Then he took the stones from their pouch and laid them at the bottom of the Bowl . |
| 3 | In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price . |
| 4 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 5 | So I went on into the town , and told them at the castle , and the lord Beringar has set a guard on the place now until daylight . |
| 6 | She' took sandwiches and ate them at the school . |
| 7 | Aunt Margaret hastily took a bunch of paper roses from a bag she carried and threw them at the stage . |
| 8 | ‘ So what I did was , I got some stones and threw them at the driver . ’ |
| 9 | He considered him as he caused coffee to be produced and established them at the big table at the other end of his room . |
| 10 | He stretched out his long legs and crossed them at the ankles . |
| 11 | The folds look as if they are pushing Helmsdale right into the sea ; as though the river in spate had collected all the houses it could uproot inland and deposited them at the river mouth with just enough of a toehold to keep them there . |
| 12 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 13 | He ripped the pages from the note-book , screwed them up , and hurled them at the waste-paper basket . |
| 14 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |