Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I mean , I told them at the time I was against the of a sixteen month deal . |
| 2 | As I told her at the time there were several possibilities . ’ |
| 3 | Cambridge also contained a strong ‘ republican ’ group at this time , and while there is no proof that Wordsworth joined them at the University we find that he freely associated with ex-Cambridge liberals after his return from France in 1793 . |
| 4 | Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it . |
| 5 | I began to see the nervousness in your eyes whenever I got too close to you , and when I kissed you at the inn I knew that Matilda had lied about one point at least . |
| 6 | But , to her surprise , when she tied them at the back they were hardly any weight at all . |
| 7 | He thrust his hands deep into his pockets , hunching his shoulders as he continued , ‘ I met her at the party I threw to celebrate taking over control of the company . |
| 8 | Yes , I just saw you at the crossroads you see |
| 9 | It was also important to think what she should wear , for if any of the Governors who had interviewed her only three months ago saw her at the service they would know why she was there . |
| 10 | I could lend it to you but got it at the moment you know . |
| 11 | The figures you gave us at the beginning I I seem to remember that you sell a lot more water abroad than in this country . |
| 12 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 13 | In the dream she lifted her right hand and stretched out her arm , the tiny pistol almost lost in the palm of her hand , pointed it at the man who had once been her lover — and shot him dead . |
| 14 | So if the council refused it at the meeting it 's their people that 's refused it ! |