Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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1 | A young mother says she 's living in fear for her life after a threatening phone call from the man who kidnapped her at gunpoint . |
2 | Robin Gurdon , who met them at army headquarters , was to guide the party through the southernmost part of the British lines as they hoped that by skirting the edge of the depression , they would avoid any main concentrations of German troops . |
3 | Norman Williamson who rode him at Leopardstown , observed afterwards that he was a National horse when talking to Richard Dunwoody about the race and if Richards has retained his old magic , then there could quite well be another National winner destined to return home in triumph to his Lake District stables . |
4 | ‘ I know lads who got theirs at eighteen in Cyprus . ’ |
5 | Carolyn Bartholomew who visited her at Kensington Palace three days after William was born recalls : ‘ She was thrilled with both herself and the baby . |
6 | St Agnes FCJ was in Sierra Leone , before she was forced to flee and it was Joseph and his friend who helped her at the time . |
7 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
8 | Joachim died , probably in Denmark , in 1535 ; some time before 1541 his relatives placed Daniel with a branch of his grandmother 's Wieland family , who trained him at their lead , copper , and silver mines and smelting works in the Rauris and Gastein valleys in the Tyrol , part of the archbishopric of Salzburg . |
9 | His second outing was particularly encouraging , since the filly who beat him at Headquarters was none other than Henry Cecil 's Felucca , already a leading fancy for next year 's Classics . |
10 | They were last seen by a taxi driver who dropped them at the railway station more than 24 hours earlier . |
11 | If the drug which you took is known to cause foetal damage , then it would appear that the doctor who advised you at the hospital has been negligent . |
12 | If the drug which you took is known to cause foetal damage , then it would appear that the doctor who advised you at the hospital has been negligent . |
13 | The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers . |
14 | Glasses , a beard and lots of grey hairs — 47-year-old Rod Stewart 's new look seems to have stunned his model wife Rachel Hunter who joined him at a Los Angeles club . |
15 | Ingrid , who joined her at Howard a couple of years after leaving college , got hauled in to help with Brownies and go camping in grass shelters the girls had built . |
16 | The Marquis de Custine , who observed him at Ems in 1839 , thought that he would " command obedience by the inherent appeal of charm , rather than by fear " . |
17 | His mentor , the man who taught him at university , is married to a woman who is half-Jewish , and their son has worked for Hess for years as his adviser . |
18 | As they walked he offered her his arm , unlike most punters , who followed her at a discreet distance . |
19 | PAMELA : Whether sir , the nun who followed you at the masquerade is not the Countess of Pembroke ? |
20 | But today , she could not take part , she pleaded illness , she invoked Caterina , who needed her at home , she said , for she was still poorly . |
21 | Mrs Buck 's taken out an official complaint against the officers who arrested her at the chemist in Oxford . |
22 | During 1812 he attracted the attention of William , second Earl Fitzwilliam [ q.v. ] , who employed him at Milton , his Northamptonshire home ; he became house steward in November 1816 . |
23 | Men , women , and all except the smallest children , were on their hands and knees , busily washing every inch of the deck , supervised by the third mate and half a dozen rough-looking sailors , who kept them at it every second . |
24 | It was Willey , supported by Emburey , who kept it at bay , the final score being 391 for 7 ; admittedly , Roberts had hardly been able to bowl on the last day , but the home team had shown themselves that they could bat a bit if they tried . |
25 | ‘ He was the original tall , dark , handsome boy at school , ’ said a woman who knew him at his senior school . |
26 | As for the withdrawal from the battlefield of Robert Bossu , that restless , conscientious , subtle and efficient man , it was a model of consideration and tact , as always , with a quiet word to Abbot Radulfus , and a sharp glance at his two squires , who understood him at the lift of an eyebrow or the flash of a smile . |
27 | Lamb 's solicitor Alan Herd , who represented him at the 50-minute hearing , said : ‘ Allan is very unhappy with the decision and is urgently considering an appeal to the Cricket Council . |
28 | Our heartiest congratulates go to Jean Parmiter and her 55+ Display Team , who represented us at the Age Concern Festival Movement at the Royal Albert Hall in November last year . |
29 | Occasionally he was referred to by those who saw him at services as ‘ the old canon ’ though he was much the youngest of the canons . |
30 | Those who saw it at the time have never been able to erase the startling impact that it made when it was given its short-lived British premiere at Sadler 's Wells in 1965 . |