Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
| 2 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 3 | If you let me know at the meeting and . |
| 4 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 5 | Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up . |
| 6 | It 's a bit like asking why someone looks at the sky or watches the sunset . ’ |
| 7 | I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way . |
| 8 | And this is the other aspect of Freud 's debt to Darwin which I mentioned at the beginning but said I would hold over for later . |
| 9 | Though I do believe Alfieri is still important for the role he plays which I mentioned at the beginning as it is clever of Miller to incorporate the ‘ narrator ’ into the play in this way although it is not an original idea as Shakespeare used it with his characters ' soliloquies . |
| 10 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |
| 11 | I believed at the time that I more or less grasped the metaphorical implications of this , but after I had put the phone down I found I was not as clear as I should have hoped to be about exactly what was required of me in concrete practical terms . |
| 12 | Now I do n't care what people say : at times I look at the child and I am so happy I ca n't sleep at night . |
| 13 | This sounds logical , but when I look at the Sega or Nintendo where there 's no piracy , you still have to pay a fortune for one single game . |
| 14 | I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ . |
| 15 | I arrived at the hospital and was shown to the labour room . |
| 16 | ‘ I fired at the car because it was going into the rest of my team , endangering their lives . ’ |
| 17 | For allowing ourselves to look at the report and find the actions , and not just the actions themselves . |
| 18 | I frowned at the phone and waited for Eric to say something . |
| 19 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
| 20 | I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’ |
| 21 | Behold , I stand at the door and knock : if any man hear my voice , and open the door , I will come in to him Revelation 3 : 20 |
| 22 | All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders . |
| 23 | ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) . |
| 24 | Accordingly , in the Zanaki translation it is necessary to say , ‘ Behold , I stand at the door and call ’ ’ ( Nida 1952:46 ) . |
| 25 | I stand at the bottom and watch him . |
| 26 | Why the hell should I look at the roof except to see if there was a satellite TV dish . |
| 27 | A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well . |
| 28 | I knocked at the door and was told to enter . |
| 29 | I discovered at the interview that he 's a most amazing snob . |
| 30 | I stare at the screen while they show a grainy old black-and-white photo of me , younger , with longer hair . |