Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time .
2 ‘ HA HA HA HA HA HA , ’ the little girl went in the next picture-square , and ‘ BONK read the bubble as the typewriter hit her at the end of the joke .
3 Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs .
4 So if the council refused it at the meeting it 's their people that 's refused it !
5 It was cooler and grey , and a brisk sou'wester spiked with a salty drizzle met us at the crag .
6 The suggestions included limiting Congress 's powers only to proposing amendments to the Constitution , and allowing Yeltsin to retain the right granted him at the October-November 1991 extraordinary Congress to appoint ministers without approval from the legislature .
7 As one director put it at the time : ‘ I will not allow my social workers , one of whose core values is honesty , to go into people 's houses and behave in a fundamentally deceitful way ’ .
8 But another sister followed me at the Dowsons when I left to get married .
9 Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent .
10 He had a two-stroke lead over playing partner Frost with two holes to play before the defending champion pipped him at the post with birdies on 17 and 18 .
11 The tailor measured me at the height of the deluge .
12 Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself .
13 I hardly know what I meant to do — confront him , accuse him , bring it home to him that hellfire awaited him at the reckoning if he did not confess his sin and pay the price of it now . ’
14 On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect .
15 Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies .
16 His commitment to the reform of secondary education was unrelenting ; his position as Archbishop placed him at the heart of the religious problem ; his alliance with Butler — for whom he was ‘ all bulge and brain ’ — eventually tamed the opposition of the Churches .
17 ‘ Easy — a stroke of genius hit me at the height of the bombing , General .
18 The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career .
19 A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts .
20 A dog ate him at the bus stop !
21 The auberge owner joined me at the door and stared with contempt at the sky .
22 Inspector did you at the time , know of Lawrence ?
23 ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow .
24 ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door .
25 You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling .
26 He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree .
27 His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession .
28 ‘ I 'll never forget the reception the crowd gave us at the end . ’
29 Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh .
30 Miss Fogerty 's heart smote her at the sight of her patient 's distress .
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