Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 2 | Yeah , and I do n't now but i I mean I 'm certainly in two I 've been since there 's people who 've referred to the fact that they do n't have those members of staff working for them at the optimum days , |
| 3 | There would be no tall good-looking man waiting for them at the Secret Cove and , once there , she found the Place was , indeed , deserted . |
| 4 | Bob 's phone rang , and while he was talking Dyson , who was sitting back in his chair and waiting for someone at the other end of the line , covered up the mouthpiece of his phone and said , ‘ Are you coming to the funeral , Tess ? ’ |
| 5 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |
| 6 | These gestures can be seen in many Persian miniatures , some of them at the British Museum . |
| 7 | I might have made an angry reply about her own flaunting of herself at the male Ardakkean , but there was nothing to be gained by it . |
| 8 | Cup in hand , she was about to sit opposite him at the small kitchen table , but the unwelcoming look in his deep blue eyes changed her mind , and she wandered aimlessly through to the living-room . |
| 9 | Corbett stared past her at the timbered house . |
| 10 | And in Edinburgh the appearance of It at the still-functioning Paperback Shop renewed the link with Haynes for people like Lloyd , who could regard themselves as the Americans ' ambassadors in the north . |
| 11 | Unbecoming as it was to their cred , the embarrassed band loaded themselves and gear into the vehicle and tried very hard indeed not to be seen getting out of it at the other end . |
| 12 | An option for processing mail has been selected and no mail exists for you at the present time . |
| 13 | ‘ Hi , Dodgy Windows Inc here , we 've got this great special offer just for you at the reduced rate of only … |
| 14 | Various witnesses , including shoppers and tramdrivers , gave varying accounts of witnessing Drew or somebody like him at the appropriate time of the murder . |
| 15 | They will rendezvous with me at the Turkish Checkpoint in Nicosia . |
| 16 | Katheryn Murphy ( Kelly McGillis ) , who is assigned to the case , is clearly marked out as one of the boys to begin with : her brusque manner , her determination always to win ( which leads to her plea-bargaining behind Sarah 's back to ensure a conviction of the rapists , but on a lesser charge ) and her interaction with the men from her office — discussing the case with them at the male territory of a sports match |
| 17 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 18 | And we were absolutely amazed when , in going round the ocean floors , we found that indeed these molecules in the sediments showed a , a relationship to the surface temperatures above them at the present day . |
| 19 | When he assumed the role of the accountant and conducted the whole conversation with someone at the other end who was trying to make an appointment , he was brilliant . ’ |
| 20 | The black lashes flickered as he said , ‘ I 'm sure your father will discuss it with you at the appropriate moment … ’ |
| 21 | It dawned on him that he had not had a date for weeks , and his first one would be with her at the Edwardian Ball . |
| 22 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 23 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 24 | The interviewer , who should have kept her mouth shut , interrupted to ask whether or not Hyacinth had been with him at the Young Conservatives ' Ball . |
| 25 | A thousand windows , some reflecting the dying light of the day , stared down with him at the trampled earth , the lines of washing-poles , the puddles . |
| 26 | So we need to get the word of God , go out with it at the right time and leave it with people . |
| 27 | Molloy learned it from me at the Imperial Hotel , Blackpool , during one of the duller party conferences . |
| 28 | He had happened upon me at the crucial moment : I had little idea of who I was or what I was entitled to from life , let alone what it behoved me to contribute . |
| 29 | I played in one at the previous place I worked . |
| 30 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |