Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told you to stay at the house . ’ |
| 2 | I heard him growling at the crowd . |
| 3 | I watched her sipping at the stuff , making faces . |
| 4 | So far as I can reconstruct events , I was gazing at the water jug when the exchange started ; I discovered I was smiling when I realized that Anne was watching me ; whereupon I looked at her interrogatively ; she looked at the water jug with a slight frown ; Millie glanced at each of us in turn , then picked up her dessert spoon and studied that instead ; I watched her smiling at the spoon ; which made me start smiling again ; which made Anne start looking at me again ; which … kept us all occupied throughout the main course . |
| 5 | When I saw him dancing at the Saturday night disco at the Turtle Bay Hilton I thought I had discovered how it was he managed to survive those horrendous wipeouts . |
| 6 | ‘ Fair enough — I kept you waiting at the Company office . |
| 7 | I had them processed at the one-hour place , cost me a fortune but … |
| 8 | Secondly , and most serious , are allegations of ‘ Clever Hans ’ errors ; named after the German horse early in the century that gave correct answers to arithmetical problems shown it on a blackboard ( by tapping with its hoof ) until it was unmasked as reacting to unwitting symptoms of tension in its trainer which caused it to stop at the right moment . |
| 9 | However his teachers recognised his exceptional qualities and he was given junior teaching posts which enabled him to register at the University of Pennsylvania , where he obtained his Master 's degree and began to work towards a PhD , specialising in philosophy . |
| 10 | On the feet were home-made boots with double tongues : ‘ They were made by the village cobbler and cost fourteen shillings : they 'd last about two years if you got them clumped at the end of the first year . ’ |
| 11 | The prevention of purprestures was his responsibility : he threw down houses , sheepfolds and other buildings and enclosures erected without licence in his bailiwick , and attached those who made them to appear at the next Forest Eyre . |
| 12 | As she walked she tore at the seal , unfolding the single sheet . |
| 13 | Lady Dawkins , who had never heard him speak before , surprised herself by her reaction when she heard him speak at the Albert Hall in January 1912 : |
| 14 | She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body . |
| 15 | Her finely shaped brows met in dark disapproval as she watched him pick at the lock with a thin piece of wire that he had produced from somewhere in the depths of his pocket . |
| 16 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 17 | He watched her climb on to the chair , and she saw him grin at the sight of her sore rump , which she thought must burn as brightly as any beacon . |
| 18 | She saw them standing at the window looking at someone in the garden with great interest . |
| 19 | ‘ How tactless of me , ’ she said to herself , and to cover up the awkwardness she felt she pointed at the statue . |
| 20 | I said read the bloody words then and she said oh I never read the words she said I looks at the pictures . |
| 21 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 22 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 23 | But something kept me sitting at the desk . |
| 24 | We took them look at the |
| 25 | ‘ The first time we went he looked at the dog and showed no interest . |
| 26 | We said we said at the start of this that we did enough training . |
| 27 | Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills . |
| 28 | And they got it done at the Registry , very quiet . |
| 29 | They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast . |
| 30 | When they saw her appear at the bedroom window , they could only assume she was all right . |