Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I knew that policeman better , the one I met at the bus stop , she thought , I 'd be tempted to tell him , because it tells you how Rose felt about her son . |
| 2 | ‘ Is the candle at Paul 's church connected with the one Julia and I found at the asylum out-house ? |
| 3 | Trying to ignore this assault on my fundamental antinomies I peered at the train set . |
| 4 | On my way back to Sunset I stopped at the press trailer . |
| 5 | For some reason , Thomas ‘ we make music together ’ Carter crossed my mind , so after delivering the keys to the mechanic I stopped at the ticket agency . |
| 6 | I ate at the Corner House , very little , as it was not easy to pay the modest sum my landlady in Southwark , Mrs William Vitou , whose husband was a dental mechanic trained in Guy 's hospital , charged me , and eat a great deal apart from breakfast and a high tea . |
| 7 | The last time I camped at the Forestry Commission site at Beddgelert I recalled — for no good reason , but with an involuntary laugh — a visit with my rotund pal Brian . |
| 8 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
| 9 | I arrived at the shooting school well before the start , wearing a mackintosh , and with my umbrella up , I took up a position to watch . |
| 10 | But that very Saturday , I arrived at the nut tree , Tesco bag at the ready , to find the ground littered with empty shells and husks . |
| 11 | Occasionally I glanced at the TV screen that was showing events already taking place . |
| 12 | As I walked towards it , I glanced at the leader board and saw that his client was doing his stuff too — he was two under after five holes . |
| 13 | Because of the hours I worked at the newspaper office I hardly ever saw any television . |
| 14 | The Wheel Tapper pub behind the railway station in Taunton was my haven when I worked at the art college there in the late 1960s and early 1970s . |
| 15 | I worked at the Star Club and some other clubs in Hamburg . |
| 16 | I worked at the billeting office until the school reopened . |
| 17 | Having seen him safely in hospital , though not in the best of health myself , I called at the poll tax office and waited one and a half hours in a very smoky atmosphere to have the summons withdrawn . |
| 18 | D. A. I used to be on an adjoining beat in Cressington Park and I started at the park gates at one side of the road and there was a policeman on the other side of the road — you would n't cross the road to talk to him … you were n't allowed to talk to the public — that was gossiping , idling your time , failing to work your beat — three charges straight away and soon as the sergeant reported you . |
| 19 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 20 | I looked at the back seat , where a folder lay . |
| 21 | I looked at the alarm clock . |
| 22 | On occasions I looked at the casualty cards myself and identified potential clients that for one reason or another were not referred to me . |
| 23 | As soon as I got into my flat I looked at the Supersight club with great care . |
| 24 | I think last time I looked at the hire list , price , price list |
| 25 | I looked at the Christmas cards . |
| 26 | I looked at the bedroom door . |
| 27 | ‘ But how do you take out — ’ I looked at the Filofax page and did a quick count — ‘ eight market-makers at once ? ’ |
| 28 | Erm you probably all know Murphy 's law that what can go wrong will go wrong , when I looked at the Oil Service Industry in last year , I rather think that Murphy was a bit of an optimist myself . |
| 29 | ‘ When I looked at the archive material , I was surprised at what the censor passed rather than what was hushed up . |
| 30 | But I listened at the bedroom door when you found my terminal . |