Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] 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 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 3 | ‘ She caught it at the public baths , ’ said his mum , with another one of her sniggers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
| 6 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He opened it at the relevant page . |
| 13 | Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk . |
| 14 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |
| 15 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
| 16 | However , if Ross had been suffering from boredom , he managed to hide the fact very well when , only a few days later , he contacted her at the small London flat she was temporarily sharing with some friends from university , and invited her out to dinner . |
| 17 | He considered him as he caused coffee to be produced and established them at the big table at the other end of his room . |
| 18 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 19 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 20 | He shoved it at the uniformed man 's face , watching with pleasure as he recoiled from the stench . |
| 21 | He knew that after shooting the second eight foot fall we would be free-falling thirty-feet onto a sloping rock shelf covered with a six inch sheet of tonnes and tonnes of the River Tees rushing over it every second ; hopefully ( if we hit it at the correct angle ) we would follow this shoot a further twenty five feet into the plunge pool at the bottom of the fall . |
| 22 | He pointed up the fairway and said : ‘ Just hit it at the wee stone marker . ’ |
| 23 | Just beyond Fort Augustus a trace of their road may still be found ; now impassable , it must have been a fearful route : the climb up to any height of it is ferociously demanding — or else I hit it at the wrong spot . |
| 24 | When she came back , Phyllis and Peter met her at the back door . |
| 25 | I met him at the Labour Club . |
| 26 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 27 | Jane met him at the front door . |
| 28 | Moran who had been watching as anxiously as the two girls met him at the wooden gate . |
| 29 | His mother met him at the back door . |
| 30 | Friday evening saw me at the National Gallery with her boyfriend and , quite literally , hundreds of other people , to the opening of the annual exhibition , sponsored this year by BP , of the Scottish Artists and Craftsmen . |