Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun] they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silas and Matt then set up the barbecue , and Lucy was able to open the two food hampers , her eyes widening at the variety they contained . |
| 2 | Look at the way they treated people years ago . |
| 3 | When fire protection officials came to look at the dump they discovered mattresses deposited by a bed company , furniture and even potentially hazardous oil cans . |
| 4 | When a patrol of the Second Field Regiment , the Royal Artillery , arrived at the scene they found nothing . |
| 5 | The very unattractive grey flannel trousers , who could guess at the legs they hid ? |
| 6 | The difference is hard to explain as there was no difference between the two groups in terms of whether or not they were employed at the time they enquired about the courses . |
| 7 | Thorndyke took pictures of what the cats were doing at the time they escaped . |
| 8 | He fished the cubes out and put them into an ashtray and found it all he could do not to weep at the mess they made with the ash . |
| 9 | Given that Finn 's Hotel is where the author 's adored Nora Barnacle was working at the time they met , will it be a love story ? |