Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.

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1 Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice .
2 So in the evening , after supper , Clara walked off by herself and caught the Métro and got off it at the Place Pigalle , for that was the only name on the Métro map that she recognized .
3 When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often .
4 ‘ KENDAL : Printed and Published , by R. Lough and Co. and Sold by them at the Chronicle Office , Finkle Street : also by J. Richardson , 91 , Royal Exchange , London ; Constable , Edinburgh ; Smith , Liverpool ; Messrs. I. Clark , and Co .
5 The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 .
6 If I think the short-term one first , that 's perhaps the most obvious one , in the sense that most is written and talked about it at the moment , erm namely the cutbacks on expenditure in education .
7 For she would carry on with her chores and talk to them at the same time .
8 He seemed a little tense , and looked past me at the bedroom door ; and I was reminded of that first day .
9 She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving .
10 Outside , she stood and looked about her at the maze of buildings .
11 It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement .
12 To and fro , weaving , sometimes tied back to the point , moving from point to point , guided by Jennifer , each woman deeply involved with the dual effort of formulating an opinion and arguing for it at the same time .
13 Please rave , review and write to me at the address below .
14 After she had signed in , Brian Everthorpe directed her to the section of the car park reserved for visitors , and waited for her at the entrance to the Administration Block .
15 I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time .
16 ‘ Well , you know , like he says he was coming up to you — this is the way I look at it — coming up to ask you to lend , say , a lawnmower , right — this is when he 's no drunk , ordinary sober , you know — and he 'll be walking up to you and thinking about it at the same time .
17 Well I remember being aboard the Brandon , because Uncle John came and stayed with us at the cliff and er , er father was at sea somewhere but he came and stayed with us and then he now went down into er to see his captain cos they were sailing on on the tide the next day .
18 You came without warning and without asking my permission and sat with her at the back of the lecture theatre , exchanging glances and comments .
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