Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 2 | After the winner I rode for him at York . ’ |
| 3 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 4 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 5 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 6 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 7 | She paused , surprised by the wave of pain and nostalgia that passed through her at the mention of the name , leaving her weak and trembling ; as if the sights , sounds , smells , tastes , feelings , sufferings of years could be experienced again in a single spasm of sickening intensity : the cold cubicle , the rustle of habits and the squeaking of boots as the nuns filed into the chapel , the stink of stew in the refectory ; her first lesson , the children shaking their up-stretched hands , eager to please the new sister ; Hilda , dew-fresh in her white blouse and neatly-pressed gym-slip , shy and ardent in the back row ; Hilda and herself together in the copse , in the chapel , in the cloisters , praying , talking , joking , sharing secrets , confidences … |
| 8 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 9 | His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school . |
| 10 | She closed her eyes as the memory rushed back vividly into her mind again , and a feeling of panic rose through her at the thought that a fierce spark of that madness might be living on within her as she approached the middle of her life . |
| 11 | Sylvie moved towards them at once . |
| 12 | The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it . |
| 13 | The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it . |
| 14 | One evening she dined with him at , curiously it seems to us , the Midland Hotel . |
| 15 | Unexpected excitement flickered inside her at the thought . |
| 16 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 17 | He proposed to her at the offices of Faber and Faber ; after she had accepted , he explained that he would have asked her much sooner if he had known her real feelings towards him , but she had been so formal with him that he was not even sure if she liked him — which , after eight years , suggests an odd insecurity or impercipience . |
| 18 | I was therefore delighted when one day in May they suddenly reported to me at Luqa . |
| 19 | It never occurred to me at all . |
| 20 | I accepted this as natural ; it never occurred to me at the time that a housemaster could also be a friend . |
| 21 | ‘ It occurred to me at the time , ’ said Ian carefully , thinking that two could play at infant teaching , ‘ that it was candlelight , not , that is to say ’ — he managed contempt in his tone with no effort at all — ‘ electric light . ’ |
| 22 | Then she gazed past him at Alexei . |
| 23 | She came between them at speed , the air thunderous in her wings , which were more massive than any golden eagle 's he had yet seen or imagined . |
| 24 | ‘ The guy who scored for us at Wembley , Kjetil Rekdal , is mad about English football . |
| 25 | With a hiss , the double-sided door began to close , just as the figure of Mahon turned the corner and came after them at a terrifying speed . |
| 26 | They called to him twice before he heard , and then he started and came after them at a rapid walk , like a man driven by some urgent pain he could not slough off . |
| 27 | Almost two years after the beer orders went through the House , we are entitled to ask the Minister what good came of them at last . |
| 28 | I am reminded of the famous poem , by Robert Southey , about the battle of Blenheim , when little Peterkin asks : ’ But what good came of it at last ? ’ |
| 29 | With a joy to his flight that evidently surprised and alarmed them he turned and stooped towards them at speed , not to attack them so much as show them that he was a golden eagle and could fly where he pleased . |
| 30 | They came past him at a run , three of them , two heading straight for the room that Pope had indicated on the floor plan . |