Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
2 | Now she let it down and tied it at the nape of her neck with a scarf . |
3 | Turn the card over and put it at the bottom of the pack |
4 | She walked over and joined him at the table . |
5 | When they had done , he went over to the guard and took the full-length gown from him , pulling it on and tying it at the waist . |
6 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
7 | Staying seated while he prowls around makes me uneasy , so I stand up and join him at the window . |
8 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
9 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | And the best load of hay — he 'd come out and ask me at the finish . |
14 | Given the brief span of their acquaintance , the even briefer time they had actually spent together , how could he have been so presumptuous as to imagine that she would wish to fly out and join him at the Plaza ? |