Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 2 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 3 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 4 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 5 | The umpires check it at the end of every over . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a brutal and cowardly attack on wretched creatures whose offences placed them at the bottom of the prison heap , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Rebels stopped him at the airport but his whereabouts were not known last night . |
| 8 | She thinks the microwave ‘ has changed our perceptions of time , much as telephones changed them at the turn of the century ’ . |
| 9 | Several months before , he had been almost sleek , thanks to fourteen-mile walks and his wife 's efforts to police him at the table . |
| 10 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 11 | Nurses volunteer their services when they wish to work and managers engage them at the times required . |
| 12 | The man at the top leaves go once you 've got it well resting on the ladder and he runs down the stairs to meet you at the bottom by which time you 've got to the bottom rung , he comes takes one side of the wardrobe , you take the other and that 's all there is to it . |
| 13 | John Browne 's neighbours buried him at the gable-end of his humble cottage . |
| 14 | I 've left it with two screws holding it at the moment . |
| 15 | Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit . |
| 16 | Reporters waited outside her apartment day and night , while photographers badgered her at the Young England kindergarten where she worked . |
| 17 | But Hendry had quickly noticed that security was being beefed up , with police mingling with crowds at the Rothmans Grand Prix in Reading and the UK Championship in Preston after threats to shoot him at the table . |
| 18 | Do you know if she has any other young men courting her at the moment ? ’ |
| 19 | The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’ |
| 20 | Classmates in Dymock voted for the three 11 year olds to represent them at the Telegraph ceremony . |
| 21 | Melford and a group of bowmen greeted us at the gate . |
| 22 | Anyhow , we prefer our horses to like us at the end of it . ’ |
| 23 | Liam wondered why there were such long faces to greet him at the shop . |
| 24 | Once at Finsbury Park , the cameras caught them at the sound check , in interviews , backstage , and relaxing before the gig . |
| 25 | The next day Mr Foggerty told the four boys to meet him at the Town baths after school . |
| 26 | Although these omissions suited me at the time , I have since found them incredible to the point of doubting my own powers of recollection , but when I checked recently with my sister , she confirmed their accuracy . |
| 27 | Not for the first time this season MrTyson needed a police escort as protesting losers surrounded him at the end . |
| 28 | And Taylor said : ‘ At last , our young players now have the facilities to put us at the top of the world game . ’ |
| 29 | A policewoman with long experience in dealing with sexual abuse did express the opinion that policemen can sometimes be more effective than women in encouraging very young male victims to talk about their experiences : and this policewoman was in favour of male colleagues joining her at the RUC 's specialist sexual abuse unit . |