Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the quick-thinking cabbie , who picked up the woman from a pub in Exeter , Devon , alerted a cashier when the hijacker ordered him to stop at a motorway service station for cigarettes . |
| 2 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 3 | Eight of their first 10 concerts were in Leeds but a rare excursion saw them appear at the Old Bell pub in Derby . |
| 4 | Whereas in the 6th edition the re-written §246 dismisses the above as ‘ all my experience permitted me to say at the time … and that his research of the previous five years had wholly solved the difficulties of repetition . |
| 5 | My father taught me to read at a very early age . |
| 6 | The holistic approach of phrenology taught them to look at the body-mind dichotomy and to think in terms of prevention rather than quick cures that were often spurious . |
| 7 | Success in the Caucasian war and the friendship between Bariatinskii and the tsar restored him to favour at the centre and gave him the chance of putting his ideas into practice . |
| 8 | How much money did you have at the airport ? ’ |
| 9 | Half an hour later the sister had her organized at a table in the day room , with writing paper and pen and a cup of sugary tea . |
| 10 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 11 | Examining patients with and without uraemia enabled us to look at the gastric mucosal damage over a very wide range ( 43 fold ) of in vivo ammonia production making it unlikely that any association was missed . |
| 12 | And can you tell the jury exactly what time did you arrive at the flat ? |
| 13 | Enoch Powell was a Tory minister , but which party did he represent at the end of his career ? |