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

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1 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 .
2 ‘ I met them at the same time , ’ Tim recalls .
3 If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette .
4 The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama .
5 ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ shouted someone at the other end of the hut , as a boot bounced off the door just as the Sergeant made his exit .
6 She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment .
7 His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile .
8 ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year .
9 ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year .
10 Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt .
11 ‘ She caught it at the public baths , ’ said his mum , with another one of her sniggers .
12 I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time .
13 Whether you choose a chateau hotel or stay in stately homes where families take in guests , splendour is the word and we found it at the majestic Chateau de Noirieux in Briollay , Anjou .
14 She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod .
15 O'Toole and Finch even attended his funeral but — probably having drunk a little more than they 'd meant to , to ease their grief — they found themselves at the wrong funeral and mourning over the wrong body being buried .
16 In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors .
17 One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put .
18 The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence .
19 ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands .
20 While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for .
21 Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye .
22 They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time .
23 Taping rehearsals also reduces the likelihood of arguments about who played what at the last rehearsal .
24 ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute .
25 He risked everything at the short 15th after his five-iron tee shot finished among the rocks .
26 In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly .
27 Nicholson 's former colleague , David Price , joined him at the new Locksfields factory , where they began a detailed study of the conditions for making magenta dye .
28 He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands .
29 Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter .
30 Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket .
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