Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway . |
| 2 | When he suggested Peter , of course I jumped at the chance — Peter was winning absolutely everything . |
| 3 | Outside in the cobbled farmyard I glanced at the side of the barn . |
| 4 | In the lavatory I stared at the mirror . |
| 5 | After making the tea she sat at the kitchen table to drink it , and was still sitting there when dawn broke . |
| 6 | But , you know , if , if , if I 'd have put , when we , when we started to talk at the beginning of this term we had at the beginning a general discussion about what are we gon na put in land reform , if I 'd have come along to s to you and I 'd said well I think we should do this |
| 7 | In this study we aimed at the investigation of platelet activating factor synthesis in the gastric juice of normal healthy volunteers in vivo , in basal condition , and in response to pentagastrin . |
| 8 | From trees and undergrowth they fired at the victors again and again , as they swarmed over the wall in twos and threes , then in dozens and scores , and finally in hundreds . |
| 9 | With the aid of a scholarship he studied at the University of Aberdeen , where he graduated MA before he was twenty years old . |
| 10 | Cardinal Hume is 70 years old , but in that programme he looked at the vocation to the religious life with all the zest of youth . |
| 11 | MacArthur did not regard him as particularly able and remarked on the disappointment he felt at the failure of Japanese politics to produce outstanding personalities . |
| 12 | And yesterday , TACP Design 's practice partner Brian Evans , a former city councillor and conservation work pioneer , showed off the prestigious trophy he received at the RICS Awards 1992 ceremony in London . |
| 13 | Using the trowel she chipped at the ground outside the door , prising cold earth from among the prickly stems and broken bricks , gathering it with her hands and putting it into the bucket . |
| 14 | In the village she stopped at the blacksmith 's . |
| 15 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
| 16 | The wave was kapu , as the Hawaiians said , a forbidden zone you visited at the cost of your life . |
| 17 | Also going 10 league games undefeated would match the run we had at the start of the championship year . |
| 18 | Maybe there was a draught from the window they smashed at the back of the house . |
| 19 | Malcolm Crosby 's men will be trying to make their survival mathematically certain against Swindon tonight , and if they can produce the gritty determination they showed at the Goldstone Ground and eradicate silly defensive errors any lingering doubts should soon be over . |
| 20 | Once we have worked out with you how much you will pay towards your care , the Department has the right to continue to base this on the amount of money you had at the time of your assessment . |
| 21 | The team I tipped at the start of the season are now moving into overdrive . |
| 22 | The fact that the position is more complicated , however , should be obvious if we remind ourselves of the point I made at the beginning of Chapter 2 : how variable teachers are . |
| 23 | I see that an article I wrote at the time entitled ‘ What should we say to Germany ? ’ reflected this point of view , though with less explicitness . |
| 24 | One evening I called at the shop for some matches . |
| 25 | Next evening I arrived at the cottage with the rucksack half-full of tinned food , bully beef , steak and kidney and , of course , the tinned plum duff ; chocolate ( the hard stuff from the 48-hour ration pack , but still very tasty ) ; tobacco and some cigarettes — in all , quite a collection of foodstuffs . |
| 26 | For a moment she stood at the door , watching it , wondering whether to answer it or not . |
| 27 | And when Dr Neil commanded her to give Effie chloroform again while he finally manoeuvred the little body out the relief she felt was almost overwhelming , enhanced by the sudden strange joy she felt at the sight of the tiny purple baby boy . |
| 28 | We can have the room you chose at the beginning of the week . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I thought you had a king-sized crush on that singer we had at the club three weeks ago . |
| 30 | Nicol seemed the sharper of the pair when the Scots trained on a back pitch at the Government Stadium last night , rain falling the moment they arrived at the field . |