Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mum washed mine at the weekend and they 're in a pile on my floor and I have n't been arsed so I 'm just sleeping on the mattress with the bare duvet . |
| 2 | On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect . |
| 3 | My Dad met us at the airport and , of course , the first thing that I wanted to do was to see my younger brother Russell . |
| 4 | oh , I 've forgotten , you know my brain leaves me at the most important time , do n't forget to post that will you ? |
| 5 | ‘ My grandfather had signed his own death warrant , though only my mother knew it at the time . ’ |
| 6 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 7 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 8 | No matter what undercurrents had passed between them last night , it had been true enough that it was la Principessa who 'd sent her grandson to collect her at the Sala dell'Arte . |
| 9 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 10 | Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent . |
| 11 | The drifting phase of its life puts it at the mercy of all kinds of hungry animals , from other stationary filter-feeders to fish , so in order that its species shall survive , a mollusc must produce great numbers of eggs . |
| 12 | Those statements may be true or false , but there is nothing in their form to exclude them at the outset from consideration . |
| 13 | As Primrose and her brother rejoined them at the table , Madeleine continued to pursue her own thoughts . |
| 14 | ‘ It was a brutal and cowardly attack on wretched creatures whose offences placed them at the bottom of the prison heap , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 16 | ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door . |
| 17 | His mother met him at the back door . |
| 18 | Thick , dark and naturally wavy as it was , all she had to do was twist it through an elasticated hairband and pin the resulting pony-tail into whatever shape pleased her at the moment . |
| 19 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 20 | I remembered your instruction to join you at the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 21 | Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh . |
| 22 | Anyhow , we prefer our horses to like us at the end of it . ’ |