Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If I knew that policeman better , the one I met at the bus stop , she thought , I 'd be tempted to tell him , because it tells you how Rose felt about her son . |
2 | And I gets this one out and I 'm reading through it and I looks at the name John , and then I began to take an interest in it and , here I discovered that my grandfather and my great grandfather that 's like my grandfather and my grandmother 's father |
3 | ‘ Is the candle at Paul 's church connected with the one Julia and I found at the asylum out-house ? |
4 | Trying to ignore this assault on my fundamental antinomies I peered at the train set . |
5 | Affecting a casual air , I linger at the reception desk , scanning the schedule of special events . |
6 | On my way back to Sunset I stopped at the press trailer . |
7 | For some reason , Thomas ‘ we make music together ’ Carter crossed my mind , so after delivering the keys to the mechanic I stopped at the ticket agency . |
8 | I ate at the Corner House , very little , as it was not easy to pay the modest sum my landlady in Southwark , Mrs William Vitou , whose husband was a dental mechanic trained in Guy 's hospital , charged me , and eat a great deal apart from breakfast and a high tea . |
9 | I stop at the Health Centre on my way to the gym . |
10 | I stop at the drive-in bank then I drive out the highway to the lake to pick up my date . |
11 | I stop at the traffic light when I have a visual experience which others would describe as seeing a green light . |
12 | The last time I camped at the Forestry Commission site at Beddgelert I recalled — for no good reason , but with an involuntary laugh — a visit with my rotund pal Brian . |
13 | As I wait at the traffic lights I find myself crying ; I realise it is not for Hilda but for him . |
14 | I look at the scrap heap , scrap for that then , might as well make it look as good as possible , even if I get two five for it , I 'm sticking two , two grand in there , well we 'll make it , we 'll stick the lot in the joint account and keep it there |
15 | I look at the temperature controller . |
16 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
17 | I arrived at the shooting school well before the start , wearing a mackintosh , and with my umbrella up , I took up a position to watch . |
18 | But that very Saturday , I arrived at the nut tree , Tesco bag at the ready , to find the ground littered with empty shells and husks . |
19 | The next morning he was woken up by someone kicking at the shop door . |
20 | But while you 're doing that , I 'm trying to get the wages made up for — ’ began Josh , then exploded irritably as someone knocked at the office door : ‘ What is it now ? ’ |
21 | Occasionally I glanced at the TV screen that was showing events already taking place . |
22 | As I walked towards it , I glanced at the leader board and saw that his client was doing his stuff too — he was two under after five holes . |
23 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
24 | Because of the hours I worked at the newspaper office I hardly ever saw any television . |
25 | The Wheel Tapper pub behind the railway station in Taunton was my haven when I worked at the art college there in the late 1960s and early 1970s . |
26 | I worked at the Star Club and some other clubs in Hamburg . |
27 | I worked at the billeting office until the school reopened . |
28 | Having seen him safely in hospital , though not in the best of health myself , I called at the poll tax office and waited one and a half hours in a very smoky atmosphere to have the summons withdrawn . |
29 | D. A. I used to be on an adjoining beat in Cressington Park and I started at the park gates at one side of the road and there was a policeman on the other side of the road — you would n't cross the road to talk to him … you were n't allowed to talk to the public — that was gossiping , idling your time , failing to work your beat — three charges straight away and soon as the sergeant reported you . |
30 | I point at the dressing table with a finger like a ruler . |