Example sentences of "they [vb past] at the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been fifteen years her senior when they met at the church door but he had been slimmer then , fleet as a greyhound , a veritable Hector on the battlefield and a Paris in the bedchamber . |
| 2 | They stopped at the Zebra Crossing and Pete watched the big lorries and buses and cars roar past . |
| 3 | She and Spike journeyed down the river until they arrived at the space station . |
| 4 | They arrived at the State Bar in Holland Street , and hurried in . |
| 5 | They arrived at the Pride Club tired and dusty after the long drive from Copenhagen , to find no refreshments or hospitality laid on . |
| 6 | They had laid waste the entire north of the country and in 449 they arrived at the university town of Stamford . |
| 7 | To their dismay , they arrived at the departure platform just in time to see the express pulling out . |
| 8 | On the morning of Sunday 27 August they arrived at the Friedrichstrasse Station in the heart of the German capital . |
| 9 | They arrived at the police station , and for Polly the next half-hour was a blur . |
| 10 | Malcolm Crosby 's men will be trying to make their survival mathematically certain against Swindon tonight , and if they can produce the gritty determination they showed at the Goldstone Ground and eradicate silly defensive errors any lingering doubts should soon be over . |
| 11 | They called at the station car park and they then did a circular of Alresford , raising around £62 . |
| 12 | He shouldered into Orcadai , and they struggled at the stair head . |
| 13 | They shivered at the word cold and soon the skies and seas were busy with the story of the brave little bird who rode the cold with a grinning beak and a devoted seal who would never swim far from her side . |
| 14 | A few girls were dancing together as they did at the youth club hops and the dancing was of the proper ‘ ballroom variety ’ — waltzes , quicksteps and foxtrots . |
| 15 | They threw everything they had at the Swindon goal , but Hammond stopped the lot . |
| 16 | They waited at the North Col for three awful days , watching the deserted ridge for any signs of life . |
| 17 | They stayed at the Carlton Hotel , the best in town , and Cecily Robinson was astonished by her first sight of John , who arrived for dinner with a leg-warmer he was knitting , much to the amusement of all the other diners . |
| 18 | Just four weeks ago , as they stood at the dockyard gate he had said , ‘ Ta-ra well , girl . ’ |
| 19 | He walked along the corridor with her , giving her shoulder a comforting squeeze as they parted at the make-up room door . |
| 20 | They sat at the kitchen table sipping tea , waiting . |
| 21 | They sat at the kitchen table with the manuscript between them . |