Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she 'd finished he sat at the kitchen table , watching her getting his tea ready , brooding . |
| 2 | An officer who worked alongside her for many years interpreted the fact that he had seen her kneeling at the mercy seat more than any other officer as a sign of her close relationship with God and the constant need for the kind of realignment which requires a certain humbling of oneself . |
| 3 | He had seen her sitting at the high table among the other ladies of noble birth who served the Empress . |
| 4 | I had told him to look at a video of the race and he would see that it was through my efforts that we had won the bronze . |
| 5 | The Contraalmirante had invited her to dine at the C-in-C 's residence . |
| 6 | One night he had found himself chuckling at the merry escapades of Mr Pickwick ; another night he had wept uncontrollably at the death of Little Nell . |
| 7 | When the T'ang had gone they stood at the river 's edge . |
| 8 | All at once she became achingly aware of the thinness of the cotton shirt that skimmed down over her thighs , the way the deep V where she had left it unbuttoned at the neck gave glimpses of the top curve of her breasts , and she immediately backed away . |
| 9 | Also , he had kept her waiting at the Old Mitre and she would have preferred him to say everything then , or telephone now , rather than trail after her . |
| 10 | When asked what had kept him going at a time when Willie Miller 's appointment as manager at Pittodrie prompted speculation that McLeish might be a natural second-in-command , the defender was unequivocal . |