Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I know that in Beirut I simply took my child through the checkpoints and delivered her at the school gates . |
| 32 | ‘ Anybody could have driven it to Exeter and dumped it at the station without leaving traces that would be discovered by anything short of a pukka forensic examination . ’ |
| 33 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 34 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 35 | The sentence trailed off as Hitch pulled the Beretta free and aimed it at the crewman . |
| 36 | And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin . |
| 37 | He picked up a book and aimed it at the rat . |
| 38 | He sat on the top step , raised the automatic with both hands and aimed it at the arm that was writhing in the aperture below . |
| 39 | Ember seized and aimed it at the control panel beside the door and the room went as dark as it could with the little amber safety-lights glimmering in case of accident . |
| 40 | Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time . |
| 41 | The folds look as if they are pushing Helmsdale right into the sea ; as though the river in spate had collected all the houses it could uproot inland and deposited them at the river mouth with just enough of a toehold to keep them there . |
| 42 | Downstairs she made herself a cup of coffee and carried it out onto the patio and drank it at the table , smoked a loose-rolled sweet Italian cigarette , and watched the coming of the dawn . |
| 43 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 44 | I remember when Mike was a baby and I went home with my shopping and left him at the check-out in Sainsbury 's . |
| 45 | After this he was a little unlucky with injuries and left us at the end of 1935–36 , having served honourably and well . |
| 46 | When the teenager refused , the man pulled out a knife and brandished it at the youngster . |
| 47 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 48 | I could lend it to you but got it at the moment you know . |
| 49 | After the king 's death in 1223 , he pledged his support for Philip 's son Louis VII , but deserted him at the siege of Avignon in 1226 . |