Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] at [art] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |
| 5 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 6 | ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Jimmy Richards , 31 , suffocated after the weights landed on his face and neck when he tried to lift them at a Bradford health club . |
| 11 | McFarlane , who in his more sober Methodist way felt much the same , tried to explain it at the hearings . |
| 12 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
| 13 | They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've got chilblains ! ’ their mother said when she came to see them at the beginning of December . |
| 15 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 16 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 17 | Katherine 's very presence seemed to provoke her at every turn . |
| 18 | They prepared to launch themselves at the waiting cordon of brawnier , no longer jeering , senior cadets . |
| 19 | It was four hours later when they woke to find him at the foot of the bed saying : ‘ I 've got a gun and I 'm going to shoot you . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 22 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 23 | He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired . |
| 24 | You know , cos I 'd got it at a P P C as well , for national conference . |
| 25 | Yeah , I could n't even fight the thought that she 'd asked him at no what I mean . |
| 26 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 27 | They were almost shouting at one another , and both seemed to realise it at the same time . |
| 28 | Miranda thought of M. Apéritif last night , and decided she would let him go further when she next saw him , in spite of the lizard darting of his small and oddly hard tongue in the kiss she 'd allowed him at the door of the hotel . |
| 29 | When he 'd left her at the entrance to Newcastle Place the day Pa died she 'd ached with disappointment that she might never see him again . |
| 30 | He 'd left her at the inn without so much as a word , and here he was , calmly indulging his hobby while she 'd had to trek after him . |