Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But my heart dipped at the thought . |
2 | My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store . |
3 | ‘ But when my contract expires at the end of the season I 'll be keeping my fingers crossed that one of the top clubs will be interested in signing me . |
4 | My dad was a coach builder and my mum worked at the gas board . |
5 | The erm help available is in many ways decreasing erm I 'm afraid we have to drag politics into it sooner or later , but central government funding , or lack of it , erm to my mind lies at the bottom of many of these problems . |
6 | Most of the rock has bolted routes and my mind boggled at the potential . |
7 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
8 | One day as I arrived at the palace my horse shied at the sight of a white fragment on the ground . |
9 | I mean er and as I say you had everything erm when er I wanted coal I mean you had coal erm because after my husband ceased at the pit , er that ceased because , cos miners always had coal as part of their er it was part of their wages you see . |
10 | My husband stayed at the mine . |
11 | I could not sleep but lay on my back staring at the blackness , listening to the wind and one of the lads snoring . |
12 | He must have had the same kind of feelings as my father had at the prospect of being sent to Fontanellato . |
13 | In 1963 my father died at the age of sixty-one , four years short of his pensionable age . |
14 | Well er my father worked at the farm Odness . |
15 | Just at that moment I heard the kitchen door open , and seconds later my father appeared at the bottom of the stairs and , taking hold of the great wooden ball sculpted on to the top of the last banister , stood glaring up at me . |
16 | I represented this city at Florence at the cost of two days ' leave , and having my pocket picked at the station |
17 | My man waits at the end of it . |
18 | Erm , I had to have my luggage checked at the airport |
19 | I had to have my luggage checked at the airport , you see what 's happened to the end of that word , look at it right , you 've got age at the end because what rule is working there ? |
20 | ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly . |
21 | we went to Ascot with my dad standing at the bar all day , we watched |
22 | My master stared at the flower curiously before bending over Ruthven 's corpse . |
23 | At that moment my master appeared at the door . |
24 | ‘ It was my task to follow at the rear ! ’ |
25 | My mother glanced at the clock before looking at the window to ascertain that the garden was already retreating into night , and drew the curtains . |
26 | ‘ My mother died at the age I am myself and I never thought I 'd be older than her . |
27 | Being shortsighted I moved to the front while my mother stayed at the back . |
28 | My stepfather died at the end of November 1991 and under his will my mother was left the life interest in the income arising from the sum of £60,000 with the remainder to my stepbrother . |
29 | Mrs Jones claims she saw her ex-husband crouching at the foot of the bed with a makeshift gas chamber … a box fixed to a length of piping . |
30 | She looked round and saw her sister standing at the window , gazing out . |