Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendant then made an agreement with the plaintiffs in which ‘ in consideration that the plaintiffs , at the request of the defendant , would deliver to the defendant ’ the cargo of coal , the defendant promised to unload it at a stated rate . |
| 2 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 3 | This was pronounced with a kind of funereal satisfaction , and for a moment Jackson could imagine the remorseless gossip that someone else 's tragedy had afforded her at the time . |
| 4 | Katherine 's very presence seemed to provoke her at every turn . |
| 5 | I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar . |
| 6 | Now imagine that instead of sitting behind his desk your boss had met you at the door and ushered you to a seat , then pulled up a chair next to you . |
| 7 | Margaret Jones claims her husband tried to murder her at the family home in Brockhampton , by pumping exhaust fumes from the garage into her bedroom . |
| 8 | One god suggested placing it at the top of the highest mountain ; another on the farthest star . |
| 9 | She got the reel of film through customs without any trouble , and a man came to collect it at the hotel . |
| 10 | She alleged that the doctor had told her at a seminar that she desired Lozano . |
| 11 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
| 12 | When I asked Lee what 's going on , he told me this guy had met him at the airport and that he had a letter and had said he 'd caddied for Henry Cotton . |
| 13 | Her mother had telephoned her at the nurses ' home where she had been living and had asked her if she could come home . |