Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb infin] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 2 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 3 | Then he made me look at the windows . |
| 4 | B but Terry let us look at the |
| 5 | Lady Dawkins , who had never heard him speak before , surprised herself by her reaction when she heard him speak at the Albert Hall in January 1912 : |
| 6 | She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body . |
| 7 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 8 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 9 | Eight of their first 10 concerts were in Leeds but a rare excursion saw them appear at the Old Bell pub in Derby . |
| 10 | But the comm-screen exposes faces in the harshest detail , and for an instant I saw something move at the back of his wet old eyes , like a creature threshing in a net . |
| 11 | Even now , she felt herself cringe at the way he 'd said ‘ little scientist ’ , all those childhood hurts about being ‘ different ’ flooding back . |
| 12 | Lisa felt herself falter at the dark note in his voice . |
| 13 | As they drew nearer to the damage and she could see that it was even worse than it had looked from afar , Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought that her own brother could be responsible for such a thing . |
| 14 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 15 | He watched her climb on to the chair , and she saw him grin at the sight of her sore rump , which she thought must burn as brightly as any beacon . |
| 16 | Ooh , did I cry at the end ! ’ |
| 17 | Erm , what I found actually er erm even odder , was that is , if the servants knew about her , why did nobody appear at the wedding ceremony ? |
| 18 | Er did you stay at the same school ? |
| 19 | And did you stay at the same school through primary and secondary ? |
| 20 | Ye a an after you 'd done that did you remain at the exit door or did you come back into the ? |
| 21 | Can I ask generally , how did you feel at the end of that negotiations . |
| 22 | And can you tell the jury exactly what time did you arrive at the flat ? |
| 23 | ‘ And what did you do at the end of the meeting ? ’ |
| 24 | How much money did you have at the airport ? ’ |
| 25 | I mean , er , in terms of planning what , what did you say at the beginning ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why did you look at the two letters together ? ’ he asked . |
| 27 | Did you look at the bed ? |
| 28 | And how long did you get at the end of the quarter to pay this ? |
| 29 | Not once did she protest at the unfairness . |
| 30 | What did we do at the election , did we sit on our arses ? |