Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price . |
2 | ‘ I met them at the same time , ’ Tim recalls . |
3 | If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette . |
4 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
5 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ shouted someone at the other end of the hut , as a boot bounced off the door just as the Sergeant made his exit . |
6 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
7 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
8 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
9 | ‘ She caught it at the public baths , ’ said his mum , with another one of her sniggers . |
10 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
11 | Whether you choose a chateau hotel or stay in stately homes where families take in guests , splendour is the word and we found it at the majestic Chateau de Noirieux in Briollay , Anjou . |
12 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
13 | O'Toole and Finch even attended his funeral but — probably having drunk a little more than they 'd meant to , to ease their grief — they found themselves at the wrong funeral and mourning over the wrong body being buried . |
14 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
15 | One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put . |
16 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
17 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
18 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
19 | They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time . |
20 | Taping rehearsals also reduces the likelihood of arguments about who played what at the last rehearsal . |
21 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
22 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
23 | Nicholson 's former colleague , David Price , joined him at the new Locksfields factory , where they began a detailed study of the conditions for making magenta dye . |
24 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
25 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
26 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
27 | Somehow she managed to keep her self-control , opened it at the right page and began reading it slowly , as though she had never seen it before , although she knew every word by heart — because it was written from the heart . |
28 | He opened it at the relevant page . |
29 | Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk . |
30 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |