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

No	Sentence
1	When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table .
2	The Pollexton dynasty had finished by 1747 , and from then on various relations spurned Mothecome until eventually they sold it at the end of the eighteenth century to a Mildmay forbear .
3	Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ?
4	‘ They stopped me at the border and arrested me . ’
5	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 .
6	Wounded men and prisoners could still have much to fear if they found themselves at the mercy of their opponents .
7	and then er they they found it at the polic , the police station
8	After sorely abusing the corpse , they buried it at the foot of the gallows , intending the burial as a final disgrace .
9	It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre .
10	They told me at the hospital that you 've worked with him in the past , so I thought you might be able to help me with my general enquiries . ’
11	Yes , indeed , they told me at the tabac , the old building had stood until a year or so ago .
12	‘ They told me at the desk downstairs that you were here . ’
13	They dropped me at The Pightle door .
14	They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back .
15	His find was still there when they stripped him at the mortuary . ’
16	In fact , they showed me at the back , she 's got the vertical
17	They telephoned me at the St. Ermin 's Hotel , where Mollie and I were staying while our house in Smith Square was under repair , to pledge their support .
18	The challenge which Gandhi posed to the British , as they perceived it at the time , was not to their consciences but to their authority .
19	They heard it at the beginning rather than at the end .
20	It 's what they baptized her at the Foundling Hospital . ’
21	So I just stood there while they shouted " Jolly hockey sticks , " across as her , and then Kevin started them off singing , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … , " ever so softly , to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " till her bus came , and then they sang it at the tops of their voices as she staggered onto the bus and moved down to the back seat .
22	Well they took her at the there was a I was gon na give one .
23	‘ They knew nothing at the bookshop , sir ; his sister , Sara , seemed very upset ; she would n't believe that he was n't at home .
24	They saw him at the same time as he realised he had n't understood what the man had said .
25	Individuals were given the opportunity to achieve much for themselves but too often they did it at the expense of others .
26	They nursed him at the Priory and interrogated him there .
27	‘ But even though they had nothing at the ports , if you offered one of them a bar of chocolate or a pack of cigarettes they would turn it down and tell you to send it to the Front . ’
28	Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public .
29	One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate .