Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I arrived at the hospital and was shown to the labour room . |
| 2 | I frowned at the phone and waited for Eric to say something . |
| 3 | I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I knocked at the door and was told to enter . |
| 6 | I stared at the road and was not really surprised by the discovery that I recognized the man in a grey suit crossing with a police-sergeant . |
| 7 | I looked at the clock and it was 10.40 . |
| 8 | I looked at the wife and she died of fright . |
| 9 | ‘ I looked at the grandmother and she pointed at the baby . |
| 10 | and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again |
| 11 | I looked at the time and saw that it was a new world record , so I thought that I , too , must have run fast . |
| 12 | John of the Cross , the Spanish mystic , wrote ‘ I looked at the Cross and there I saw the song of love ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ When I got out I looked at the car and the lorry and I just could n't believe it . |
| 14 | I looked at the illustration and I thought no way is that ever going to do any thing that chops |
| 15 | ‘ In the very early days I looked at the market and decided one of the things I wanted to do was to build a big PR company because the market suffered from too many small companies . |
| 16 | Well , I looked at the shot and saw it . |
| 17 | Mr Clarke said last night : ‘ What I said after the meeting was exactly what I said at the meeting and exactly the same as I have been saying since the White Paper was published . |
| 18 | Back in my room , I sat at the desk and considered . |
| 19 | Because of Joe , however , I stayed at the forge and did my best to work hard . |
| 20 | Mind , I stayed at the house and did n't have to go to the graveside , but I can still see the procession of people . |
| 21 | Someone from a hostel in London came to see me and said they would have me , so when I went to court in Sheffield the judge decided to put me on bail for four weeks , on condition that I stayed at the hostel and that I did n't drink , and also if I attended the Jules Thorn psychiatric unit , which is part of St Pancras Hospital , for a ten-day assessment . |
| 22 | I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed . |
| 23 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 24 | In the city , I stood at the window and identified the cars as they breezed by . |
| 25 | I jumped at the offer and within a week or two she arrived and reform was started . |
| 26 | Cross the stream until you reach the path you used at the start and retrace your steps to the car park . |
| 27 | She snatched at the phone and pressed the buttons of her aunt 's number , but there was no reply . |
| 28 | She snatched at the handle and as she did so the parcel slipped . |
| 29 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 30 | She winced at the thought and concentrated on the toes of her right foot , those tireless weight-lifters and balancers , dusted with rose-scented powder and snuggled into rainbowed socks and patent leather shoes . |