Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prevention of purprestures was his responsibility : he threw down houses , sheepfolds and other buildings and enclosures erected without licence in his bailiwick , and attached those who made them to appear at the next Forest Eyre . |
| 2 | Merymose asked me to look at the body . ’ |
| 3 | Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills . |
| 4 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 5 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 6 | Then he made me look at the windows . |
| 7 | On the feet were home-made boots with double tongues : ‘ They were made by the village cobbler and cost fourteen shillings : they 'd last about two years if you got them clumped at the end of the first year . ’ |
| 8 | Keen mountaineer Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , left to go on a day 's hiking in an area frequented by grizzly bears last Thursday , but friends only reported him missing at the weekend . |
| 9 | They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast . |
| 10 | He found her sitting at the desk which was quite clear . |
| 11 | B but Terry let us look at the |
| 12 | Ruth poured cornflakes and milk , and ate them sitting at the table where Rachaela drank her coffee . |
| 13 | ‘ I told you to stay at the house . ’ |
| 14 | Whether his witness against a background of hate because he told we look at the Paraclete 's role in the world or among the disciples the answer is the same . |
| 15 | Harriet noticed her looking at the groceries and said cheerfully , ‘ I took one of those cordon bleu cookery courses . |
| 16 | A chance visit to Blackwardine caused him to look at the map for features of interest . |
| 17 | Secondly , and most serious , are allegations of ‘ Clever Hans ’ errors ; named after the German horse early in the century that gave correct answers to arithmetical problems shown it on a blackboard ( by tapping with its hoof ) until it was unmasked as reacting to unwitting symptoms of tension in its trainer which caused it to stop at the right moment . |
| 18 | When the firemen finally arrived I pointed at the sacrificial pyre still burning and burbled something about my priceless slide-collection . |
| 19 | He reckoned he lived at the corner of or something , so , when I asked him where he lived ? |
| 20 | The holistic approach of phrenology taught them to look at the body-mind dichotomy and to think in terms of prevention rather than quick cures that were often spurious . |
| 21 | As she walked she tore at the seal , unfolding the single sheet . |
| 22 | 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 : |
| 23 | She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body . |
| 24 | I heard him growling at the crowd . |
| 25 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 26 | Hari heard him beating at the bushes with his truncheon and then he opened the door to the workshop . |
| 27 | He watched his dejected figure walk past him into the cottage and , after allowing a few minutes to elapse , followed him in and discovered him sitting at the table in the living room , his bag of apples and sandwich lying untouched . |
| 28 | A few minutes later it emerged and flew off and then when it returned it looked at the wall and saw the marks and went inside . |
| 29 | Whereas in the 6th edition the re-written §246 dismisses the above as ‘ all my experience permitted me to say at the time … and that his research of the previous five years had wholly solved the difficulties of repetition . |
| 30 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |