Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This publication contained detailed descriptions of persons who failed to appear at court to answer a criminal charge . |
| 2 | He failed to appear at court to answer a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm which allegedly happened in Durham Prison last July . |
| 3 | We agreed to meet at school the following week . |
| 4 | Mahmoud had a case that morning in the Mixed Tribunals and Owen wanted to send a letter to England so they agreed to meet at noon at the Post Office . |
| 5 | Man , 23 , found hanged at play area |
| 6 | I only remembered it when I leaned forward or when I tried to sleep at night . |
| 7 | Yesterday , the former cabinet members promised to campaign at party meetings across Scotland to try to overturn the motion supporting the MPs ' actions , at the party 's next national council in June . |
| 8 | The shock was such that she stopped crying immediately , but what was worse , she stopped crying at home as well and felt simply awful , physically and mentally , until able to cry again . |
| 9 | He also found learning at school a trial . |
| 10 | I stopped sleeping at night . |
| 11 | All that it would take would be a couple more calls like the one that he 'd received at home , at three o'clock that same morning , from the night manager of a certain parkside hotel . |
| 12 | When he came to work at lunchtime , his first question was : ‘ How goes it ? |
| 13 | ‘ Mother said they 'd met at university — ’ frowned Meredith . |
| 14 | The women began to congregate and we rose to greet each other , even though we 'd met at breakfast less than an hour ago . |
| 15 | He came and stood beside me and picked out one of the new abstracts I 'd done at home . |
| 16 | Yeah I put all the nurseries , all the placements I 'd done at college an at and the employment . |
| 17 | At ten past three in the morning they coshed driver Jack Mills , and then uncoupled the engine and lead carriage in a manouvre they 'd practiced at Rail marshalling yards in London . |
| 18 | Like one I 'd had at school . |
| 19 | ‘ Fine , ’ she replied lightly , and feeling in the need of some excuse , ‘ I had a big lunch , ’ she added , though was having amnesia about what she 'd had at lunchtime . |
| 20 | After the day I 'd had at work . |
| 21 | I got better results than if I 'd stayed at school . |
| 22 | I wish I 'd stayed at home to clean the oven after all . |
| 23 | I would rather he 'd stayed at home with us , but it was his choice , and he 's not a child any longer . ’ |
| 24 | She would never have had the kind of success she 's had , with Broadway and so on , if she 'd stayed at home in England waiting to be asked . |
| 25 | It 's like what I said to Tony last night when I got in I said , I feel I could have achieved more if I 'd stayed at home and revised . |
| 26 | I was serious about acting in those days , but the hungrier I got the more my resolution sagged , until a guy I 'd known at college talked me into a job with the Defense Department . ’ |
| 27 | Bruce says … he learnt to climb at school … |
| 28 | Finally she smiled at her image reflected in her mirror , a small bubble of excitement beginning to build inside as she decided whether or not to wear a gilt necklace with a resin pendant by Pellini which she 'd found at Liberty . |
| 29 | Mal worked in Boots ; friends she 'd entertained at home suggested she 'd do better dispensing authentic grub to a wider circle . |
| 30 | They married in 1910 and she came to live at West park , where Father was farming with his sister , Hannah . |