Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The tailor measured me at the height of the deluge . |
| 10 | Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Easy — a stroke of genius hit me at the height of the bombing , General . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A dog ate him at the bus stop ! |
| 19 | The auberge owner joined me at the door and stared with contempt at the sky . |
| 20 | Inspector did you at the time , know of Lawrence ? |
| 21 | ‘ A man met us at the door and said his wife Sheila Brown was still in the bungalow . |
| 22 | ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll never forget the reception the crowd gave us at the end . ’ |
| 27 | Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh . |
| 28 | Miss Fogerty 's heart smote her at the sight of her patient 's distress . |
| 29 | My Dad met us at the airport and , of course , the first thing that I wanted to do was to see my younger brother Russell . |
| 30 | Thick , dark and naturally wavy as it was , all she had to do was twist it through an elasticated hairband and pin the resulting pony-tail into whatever shape pleased her at the moment . |