Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |
| 2 | Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’ |
| 3 | A strange freedom , though ; one a barrage balloon would know if someone severed its cable and set it at liberty to wallow and wander at will . |
| 4 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 5 | Crown counsel said the Belfast men bound and gagged Sarah Kennedy , her two young sons and a school-friend and held them at gunpoint in the house at My Lady 's Mile , Holywood , on November 27 , 1991 . |
| 6 | ( a ) An operation of the data manipulation Unit is called for ; for example , transfer the numeric value held at store address X to the data manipulation Unit , and add it to the value in the accumulator , or transfer the value in the accumulator to the store and deposit it at address X. |
| 7 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
| 8 | erm They do n't like them to buy copies of the school reading scheme and keep it at home and go through it book by book , that they feel is encroaching on their professionalism . |
| 9 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
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