Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training .
2 When the music stopped they looked at each other for a long moment , then reluctantly drew apart .
3 There followed a silence in which Agnes imagined them glaring at each other .
4 What made you jump at that moment ?
5 I watched it grow at each end , slowly , like a negative developing in the reflected light of the zebra .
6 She saw them glance at each other and exchange a conspiratorial arching of the eyebrows , compounded in Miller 's case by the faintest of nods .
7 Maggie looked down and saw it moving at some speed ; dust flung up in a stream behind it and it was waiting as they taxied to a halt .
8 So how did I arrive at this mix ?
9 ‘ When and why did you arrive at that conclusion ? ’ she queried quietly .
10 What other things did you do at this school ?
11 So what did you do at this farm today then ?
12 How long did you work at that place for , then ?
13 She said er well they came to us in the interval and Con was just like , I thought she 'll call me when Sally has gone , Sally had their address , she 'd just you know , she was gon na be in there and Con said , look , did you look at that dress she said , whoever makes them !
14 Did you did you fight at that time then ?
15 Well what we did we stopped at this track and we turned round and we went to there was like a twenty foot straight yeah , and there 's like and everybody 's sort of like going , no , not that .
16 Why did they buy at that time ?
17 One writer , who has covered the Royal Family for 12 years , said : ‘ In 30 minutes of speeches and toasts , not once did they look at each other . ’
18 And where did he live at that time ?
19 It ca n't , even had they married at this stage it would not have been right .
20 But how had he arrived at this conclusion ?
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