Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 2 | I expect you aimed at the walls. , |
| 3 | Passing she looked at the flanks of the fields with interest |
| 4 | In fact , she did n't just feel like groaning — the frustration and worry she felt at the moment were enough to make her want to scream blue murder ! |
| 5 | He says he laughed at the interviewer . |
| 6 | Police now reveal he called at the house shortly after that . |
| 7 | While I was waiting I glanced at the stamp that was on my hand . |
| 8 | He reckoned he lived at the corner of or something , so , when I asked him where he lived ? |
| 9 | GRIDIRON : London Monarchs yesterday drew 17–17 with Birmingham Fire to leave them anchored at the bottom of the European Division of the World League . |
| 10 | I remember I looked at the pile of Billy 's goods and chattels which were supposed to fit inside a twelve-by-six-foot room and saying : ‘ I came with a Sainsbury 's carrier — and I had trouble filling that . ’ |
| 11 | I know I said at the beginning that it could help save lives , am I er overstating the mark there ? |
| 12 | As she walked she tore at the seal , unfolding the single sheet . |
| 13 | We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Suppose you lived at the top of the building , and your parents stayed on the ground floor . |
| 16 | ‘ You say she cleared out ; I suppose you looked at the possibility that she went — wherever she did go — not of her own free will ? ’ |
| 17 | I mean they were n't badly Me father at th er at the beginning of the war he worked he worked at the Grove pit , down the mine at the Grove and he used to be on afternoons . |
| 18 | What did you think they lacked at the time ? |
| 19 | ‘ How tactless of me , ’ she said to herself , and to cover up the awkwardness she felt she pointed at the statue . |
| 20 | I do n't suppose you looked at the jeep while you were there ? ’ she murmured croakily , just for something to say . |
| 21 | When the T'ang had gone they stood at the river 's edge . |
| 22 | ‘ The first time we went he looked at the dog and showed no interest . |
| 23 | Well he was as far as I can remember he was thirty eight he , he went he worked at the Gas Works , ca n't remember much about that really but er I think he 'd actually been working nights and came home and actually died in bed I believe . |
| 24 | One night when there was an air raid alert on , and we were trying in vain to sleep through the usual ‘ noises off ’ , mainly the big anti-aircraft guns situated it seemed at the end of the garden , there was suddenly the most appalling crash immediately over our heads . |
| 25 | I went back to the mother and baby home , for another almost two years , and from there that was I think I said at the beginning , how I actually was introduced to Flats , and it was actually living at the mother and baby home , doing far more work with girls |
| 26 | I know now , although I think I knew at the time , why one was so cared for by the ordinary people of Bury in 1941 . |
| 27 | Oh well I think I smoked at the time . |
| 28 | You mentioned that schools are quite good at biology , that they have guinea pigs and they have growing plants and so forth , and I think you hinted at the fact that they perhaps are not quite so good at maybe the harder sciences , we might call them , of physics and chemistry . |
| 29 | You mentioned that schools are quite good at biology , that they have guinea pigs and they have growing plants and so forth , and I think you hinted at the fact that they perhaps are not quite so good at maybe the harder sciences , we might call them , of physics and chemistry . |
| 30 | I mean I think we arrived at the bottom about six o'clock |