Example sentences of "[prep] they [verb] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were waiting for them to turn up at Hamish and Tone 's but they never showed . |
| 2 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 3 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
| 4 | Well , er the C B I and other bodies are pressing for them to come down at once , er John Major has said it 's only a question of time . |
| 5 | Before she undressed , Nicandra pulled back the window curtains , cold as glass in her hands , and stood between them to look out at the changed world . |
| 6 | Two of them looked down at me . |
| 7 | Out of the school , how many of them got in at Sound of Music out of those hundred kids ? |
| 8 | Alina leans on the rail beside Angelica , both of them looking down at Walter as he makes another thrust into the darkness beneath them . |
| 9 | If lots of them signed up at a creditors ' meeting in London on May 27th , that could be decided quickly . |
| 10 | we get on the train at , most of them get on at Elstree luckily so what we do is we open the doors and they 're always crowding up the bit where the door is and they say excuse me may I get on please ? |
| 11 | They leaned close momentarily then began to come forward again , slowly , looking about them , the first of them pointing up at the ruined monastery . |
| 12 | Canvas covered and drawn by up to eight horses , most of them moved along at walking pace , but some lighter vans or " fly wagons " with more regular change of horses were faster . |
| 13 | Every single one of them turned round at that meeting and said , will you go and beat the out of that government for what they 're doing to us . |
| 14 | I stay a few feet behind , watching the three of them shuffle along at a ten-month-old 's pace . |
| 15 | and you 've got some er some comes , most of them comes out at half past three from this , from Travis School , and then you 've got to wait while Manor comes out . |
| 16 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |