Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] at [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd met him at one of Klein 's parties — a casual encounter — and had given him very little conscious thought subsequently . |
| 2 | She 'd enjoyed a brief dalliance with Lorimer a few years earlier , after she 'd met him at one of the receptions Wakelate had attended , incognito , on business . |
| 3 | None of the nurses spoke to me , nothing , till 2 o'clock that afternoon , which I 'd had her at 7.30 in the morning … |
| 4 | He had spent the morning in bed with Rosie , which was why he 'd missed his date down at the docks , she had rung him at ten to eight . |
| 5 | She had met him at one of those dinner parties which had now become the nexus of her social life , replacing conferences and meetings , although few of the individuals had changed . |
| 6 | Just The the nurse had turned him at half past five in the morning . |
| 7 | Which reminded her that they had done nothing at all about the shooting . |
| 8 | He spent many hours of darkness , sweating lightly in spite or the autumn and early winter cold , wishing some of his replies unsaid , and wishing above all that he had said anything at all after the examiner 's last remark . |
| 9 | The dog had awakened him at ten to seven with long-drawn howls and now , a quarter of an hour later , he stood on the threshold of Sheila 's bedroom , glowering . |
| 10 | They claim that this age is far worse than previous ages , and they go on as though they had learned nothing at all from history — and yet history is the great teacher of life ( magistra vitae ) . |
| 11 | In short , he had identified himself at last with the spirit of the times . |
| 12 | He asked if Anna had mentioned anything at all about her attacker that might prove useful to him . |