Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks later , Beatrix arrived at the camp and took us away . ’ |
| 2 | Andrew Saxton heard at the weekend that his sport 's ruling body had cleared him of cheating . |
| 3 | Ian Hollingsbee worked at the hospital before it closed 4 years ago . |
| 4 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 5 | Rex tapped at the keyboard and requested access to the menu . |
| 6 | He says that Murray Johnstone looked at the idea but concluded that : ‘ There did n't seem to be much sense in launching a common investment fund . |
| 7 | The reporter signed off , and Kathleen stared at the screen as Jack 's image was replaced by the film that had been running . |
| 8 | Annely Juda said at the time that she would have to be carried out of the building rather than leave . |
| 9 | Jean remained at the hostel and continued to attend the Jules Thorn Unit . |
| 10 | Danielle hammered at the door until a face peeped out of the window . |
| 11 | Today , when Florrie arrived at the corner-shop and rapped on the closed front door , Aunt Emily lifted the roller-blind and peered shortsightedly at her through the glass . |
| 12 | Julia glanced at the script and her heart sank . |
| 13 | Silver pulled at the rope that held me , and turned his eyes upon me with a deadly look . |
| 14 | Lancaster stared at the superintendent and gulped . |
| 15 | Endill looked at the salt and pepper trying his hardest to imagine a kangaroo , but it was hopeless . |
| 16 | Behind him , Prentice looked at the ceiling and squirmed with pleasure as Mrs T put an armlock on me and began to walk us both down the corridor . |
| 17 | Rima looked at the sun as it hung above the mountain tops . |
| 18 | was the defendants solicitors , the parties during nineteen ninety one , the two solicitors , had dealt with the question of costs and er perfectly normal way , the plaintiffs have their costs , drafted by er cost draughtsman , I understand that in-house draughtsman and erm they produced to Mr a bill for costs , er Mr looked at the bill and met counter proposals and he suggested other figures , erm , figures in the region of forty two thousand pounds , forty seven and fifty thousand pounds for the plaintiffs costs , the correspondence indicates that Mr then , now put forward what with respect seems to be entirely sensible suggestion that er really it would not be sensible to proceed with having the cost taxed , he said he did n't foresee any real difficulty in getting them to agree the costs and that er the common sense thing in the interest of all parties was to see if they could reach an overall , settlement er determining all the matters in dispute , effectively this would be what was to be done in respect of the surgery premises , there was I think , there is reference in accounted to another sec another premises as well which apparently were lease , er but are now formed part of the negotiations and er negotiations continued between the parties during nineteen ninety two , by the end of nineteen ninety two the negotiations were beginning to run into difficulties , the plaintiffs were beginning to put forward non negotiable final offers and er the result unfortunately was that in apparently nineteen ninety three the er negotiations into that broke down . |
| 19 | Burun looked at the sun and estimated the time . |
| 20 | Lina , her mother Dolores , and old Abuelo stood at the door as the congregation filed in , gossiping and excited , as the band played and the organist competed with it . |
| 21 | At dinner in the evenings , she and Stephen sat at the head and foot of the long dining table , with his mother between them , ignoring Tamar and monopolising her son 's attention . |
| 22 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 23 | Adam hauled at the roof and the whole cave lurched , falling . |
| 24 | Nunn stated at the time that the Defense Department , with its large budget for research and development , would be well suited to respond " to a new and different threat to our national security — the destruction of our environment " . |
| 25 | Seb hammered at the door and tugged at the bell-pull but without anyone answering . |
| 26 | Seb arrived at the cottage as the half-gipsy girl was leaving and asked her what she had said to Anna . |
| 27 | Seb arrived at the farmhouse and feared the worst when he saw the meeting was taking place in the ‘ best ’ sitting room and not in the kitchen . |
| 28 | Conradin looked at the toast and quietly took a piece of bread and butter . |
| 29 | ‘ Now what ? ’ said Rohmer as Gilbert fumbled at the plinth and found a torch . |
| 30 | Gerstner said at the announcement that he sees ‘ no quick fix ’ to turning the company around — ‘ I have no idea how long it will take , ’ he said , adding that his first priority is to listen and learn from the IBM management team . |