Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [pron] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local folklore has it that in prehistoric times men drove wild cattle to their deaths over Combe Scar and ate them where they fell at the foot of the crag ( cattle bones are reputed to have been found there ) . |
| 2 | I see ( and Summerchild sees ) the young provincial historian becoming even more silent and preoccupied than Summerchild himself as they look at the worn carpets and unoccupied chairs . |
| 3 | Fred sighed to himself as he looked at the rest of the meat lying on the chopping block and at the pile of dough still to be rolled out . |
| 4 | Well I , I would n't mind watching that , yes I , no I would n't I 'd think it 's silly , told you once I saw at the I could n't , this does n't want to stay up this double sided tape . |
| 5 | Okay so this list will be waiting for you when you arrive at the the assignment . |
| 6 | In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . |
| 7 | ‘ Sir , ’ I said , ‘ I 'd like to give you something to thank you for your kindness to me since I arrived at the palace . |
| 8 | Knowing she had to support herself , they paid her while she trained at the Manchester school . |
| 9 | I stood beside him while he cursed at the keys and thumped the side window . |
| 10 | Shock flooded her as she stared at the tall , dark-haired , dark-eyed man , who seemed in those initial moments not to be believing his eyes either . |
| 11 | Irene Jaffray said at Shrewsbury Crown Court that Eddie Browning made the request to her when he arrived at the house she shared with Kerry Evans in Inverurie , Aberdeenshire . |
| 12 | Her face was so disfigured her mother did n't recognise her when she arrived at the hospital . |
| 13 | She watched him as he queued at the counter . |
| 14 | He wanted to press his mouth to her softly parted lips and taste the sweetness within , he wanted to push aside the loosely tied neck of her shift and let his hand savour the warmth of her flesh , he wanted to lay her back on the bed and hold her against him as he had at the river-crossing ; he wanted her . |
| 15 | The raw , rough feeling in his voice was so obvious that Julia forgot all her determined restraint of the previous evening and put her arms around him as he sat at the table , laying her head on his . |
| 16 | For example the owner of a motor vehicle can be said to use it where he sits at the side of the driver , who is not his employee and the vehicle is being used for his purpose ( Cobb v Williams [ 1973 ] RTR 1 13 ) . |
| 17 | The cricket periodically tests the size of its acoustic horn and adjusts it until it resonates at the frequency produced by its wings — a remarkable feat since it can only gauge the efficiency of its amplifier by detecting the changes in pressure waves within the chamber . |
| 18 | Walk along this and stay on it till it disappears at the top ridge . |
| 19 | I used to work with them before I finished at the same YTS scheme . |
| 20 | Several problems immediately present themselves when we look at the land around any settlement . |
| 21 | Employing a lounge-lizard gait , he swaggered towards me as I stood at the bar waiting for my Coke . |
| 22 | And then he was pushed roughly on , and suddenly , inexplicably my mind was filled with a vivid picture of Christ looking down at me as I stood at the foot of the cross . |
| 23 | It 's the resting place of 4 of the 5 youngsters who died when a speeding car went out of control in Akers Way and hit them as they played at the side of the road . |
| 24 | Felipe was out of the water and waiting for them as they arrived at the place where the lake quietly lapped the path . |
| 25 | I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead . |
| 26 | Enabling self-expression allows counsellees to explain to us where they stand at the present time . |
| 27 | It smelt clean and fresh — but the reality hit us when we arrived at the orphanage . ’ |
| 28 | There are three further surprises for us as we look at the Old Testament teaching about the Spirit of God . |