Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] [pron] at the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar .
3 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 .
4 However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences .
5 Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door .
6 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 .
7 The Cheyney brothers were notable in Anglo-Italian society of the 1820s and 1830s , and were especially connected with Rome , where their mother had established herself at the Palazzo Sciarra .
8 Her mother had telephoned her at the nurses ' home where she had been living and had asked her if she could come home .
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