Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | They invited them to sit at a table and were joined by an unusually tall , thin man who was extraordinarily blonde for his age which was thirty to thirtyfive . |
2 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
3 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
4 | If you let me know at the meeting and . |
5 | Gordon and I sit at a table as the old snowys sup their milk stouts and get ready to cross the road to the theatre , where several stars of television are about to perform the fabulous musical My Fair Lady . |
6 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
7 | Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up . |
8 | Remembering the agony of years gone by , teaching in Sunday School , I grasped at a straw and replied ‘ Sorry no transport ! ’ |
9 | I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way . |
10 | And this is the other aspect of Freud 's debt to Darwin which I mentioned at the beginning but said I would hold over for later . |
11 | Though I do believe Alfieri is still important for the role he plays which I mentioned at the beginning as it is clever of Miller to incorporate the ‘ narrator ’ into the play in this way although it is not an original idea as Shakespeare used it with his characters ' soliloquies . |
12 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |
13 | I believed at the time that I more or less grasped the metaphorical implications of this , but after I had put the phone down I found I was not as clear as I should have hoped to be about exactly what was required of me in concrete practical terms . |
14 | I look at a person and if you like me you like me |
15 | Now I do n't care what people say : at times I look at the child and I am so happy I ca n't sleep at night . |
16 | This sounds logical , but when I look at the Sega or Nintendo where there 's no piracy , you still have to pay a fortune for one single game . |
17 | I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ . |
18 | After hours of brain searching work I arrived at a formula that produced some sensible — but not accurate figures . |
19 | I arrived at the hospital and was shown to the labour room . |
20 | ‘ I fired at the car because it was going into the rest of my team , endangering their lives . ’ |
21 | I frowned at the phone and waited for Eric to say something . |
22 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
23 | I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’ |
24 | Behold , I stand at the door and knock : if any man hear my voice , and open the door , I will come in to him Revelation 3 : 20 |
25 | All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders . |
26 | ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) . |
27 | Accordingly , in the Zanaki translation it is necessary to say , ‘ Behold , I stand at the door and call ’ ’ ( Nida 1952:46 ) . |
28 | I stand at the bottom and watch him . |
29 | Why the hell should I look at the roof except to see if there was a satellite TV dish . |
30 | A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well . |