Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] at the [noun] " 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 | While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two . |
| 3 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 4 | If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ? |
| 5 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |
| 6 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 7 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 8 | It is your enthusiasm , dedication and sheer hard work which has placed us at the forefront of our industry . |
| 9 | You may need to adjust it at the centre on long pieces since the ends tend to pull rather tightly to start with . |
| 10 | As time and cost constraints make extensive physical experimentation increasingly difficult to justify , the transport sector has installed itself at the forefront of the model revolution . |
| 11 | She plans to launch her own designer clothes label but that is one area where her younger sister has pipped her at the post . |
| 12 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 13 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 14 | The Hammers are considering a move for the 31-year-old , but Crosby said : ‘ I would n't consider selling him at the moment . ’ |
| 15 | If we want to buy anything at the moment we have to borrow the money . |
| 16 | Daddy has to leave it at the garage . |
| 17 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 18 | He has raced it at the Nurnburg Ring incorporating a five day trip and intends to explore the delights of this new venture to the utmost . |
| 19 | ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I 'm the female lead , the hero has to get me at the end . |
| 23 | McFarlane , who in his more sober Methodist way felt much the same , tried to explain it at the hearings . |
| 24 | After he had come to collect her at the flat they joined a party of junior officers and debutantes at the Haymarket Theatre to see Pygmalion by the fashionable playwright George Bernard Shaw . |
| 25 | My husband had come to collect us at the airport and we came back here in a minicar . |
| 26 | Now he wants to test himself at the top : ‘ I 'm as ambitious as the next man . |
| 27 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
| 28 | They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've got chilblains ! ’ their mother said when she came to see them at the beginning of December . |
| 30 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |