Example sentences of "[vb past] at [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sergeant glowered at Rincewind , and then peered at Twoflower with interest . |
| 2 | Kimberly Clark negotiated at length with the council and the Department of Trade and Industry before opting to set up in Humberside . |
| 3 | Even the races which lacked talons — whom Alexei considered human in origin — baulked at contact with mutated species , and as a result mutants tended to live in deserted or out-of-the-way parts of the country , effectively quarantined from the rest of civilisation . |
| 4 | Mrs Fitchew arrived at court with her husband Terry . |
| 5 | Mr Shami Hoad , a heating engineer , who arrived at court with his wife Samantha , told Cheltenham magistrates that he 'd arrived at his home at Alma Place in Gloucester in July last year to find 2 strange men in his house . |
| 6 | And lo and behold , no sooner had British Bakeries written to say ‘ the problem should now be eliminated ’ than a loaf arrived at home with at least five slices suffering from holes bigger than those in the Darlington defence . |
| 7 | A pleasant spoken young constable arrived at Riverview with a warrant and asked if he might look over the boat . |
| 8 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 9 | They began at lunch with a conversation on cunning . |
| 10 | Mario was always very clear on the subject , and I also talked at length with Peterson during the following year . |
| 11 | It is mass selected , pulsed at 10–40Hz with pulse widths of 20–50ns for an average ion current density of less than 1 nAcm -2 . |
| 12 | Not because I actually felt at home with all the ‘ weirdos ’ in there but because the shop really did look like my nan 's house . |
| 13 | Rose felt at home with this smell . |
| 14 | At breakfast , I had been given freshly home-made bread , and I felt at peace with the world . |
| 15 | I felt at peace with the world , even though by the summer of 1939 Europe seemed to be drifting closer to war and everyone was glued to the BBC short-wave Overseas Service bulletins , or even devouring month-old copies of The Times which had been airmailed to Australia and sent on by ship , together with the Illustrated London News , Tatler , and particular titles ordered by the expatriates . |
| 16 | Dexter liked the picture editor and felt at ease with him . |
| 17 | Cranston stared at Athelstan with red-rimmed eyes . |
| 18 | Lambert looked at Woolley with dull loathing . |
| 19 | The attendant 's smile faded rapidly and he looked at Donna with narrowed eyes . |
| 20 | Binyon looked at Culley with renewed interest . |
| 21 | ‘ Give me a few moments , ’ said Pumlumon , setting his features in a frown of concentration and Fenella looked at Caspar with a have-we-any-choice expression and then , taking a deep breath , walked across to the group of giants by the fire . |
| 22 | A woman with a brush of close-cut grey hair sat with her sewing close to the fire and a cat rested on her lap , and she looked at Millet with fear and seemed to warn her husband that this was an intruder . |
| 23 | He looked at Coffin with large , pale , expectant eyes . |
| 24 | She looked at Coffin with inquiry . |
| 25 | She too had heard rumours , the telephones from shop to shop must have been red hot , and she looked at Rose with speculation . |
| 26 | The interest he attracted was greatly increased when , with the consent of the priest-in-charge , Richard preached at Mass with such charism that the congregation were moved to tears . |
| 27 | ‘ How 's Angharad ? ’ asked Betty , who had , last night , discussed at length with Elizabeth the problems and frustrations of bringing up a defective child and felt thus freed to go on talking about it . |
| 28 | Some dealt at length with aims and objectives , others focused on organisation and communication . |
| 29 | His cramped room in the Decrucq house , that he shared at night with two small children , was no good for his art work . |
| 30 | And he lunged at Anwar with a carrot that was Lying to hand . |