Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she let it down and tied it at the nape of her neck with a scarf . |
| 2 | She walked over and joined him at the table . |
| 3 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 4 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
| 5 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 6 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 7 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 8 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 9 | Entering the cafe , the Blackshirts went upstairs and showed themselves at the window , which provoked a hail of missiles from the crowd below . |
| 10 | The folds look as if they are pushing Helmsdale right into the sea ; as though the river in spate had collected all the houses it could uproot inland and deposited them at the river mouth with just enough of a toehold to keep them there . |