Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of the embassy met Falconer at dinner that Monday . |
| 2 | EDZELL Enforcers will make certain of the Scottish League men 's second division title if they beat Stirling at home on Sunday . |
| 3 | PETER CRANMER , who captained England at rugby and Warwickshire at cricket , is showing the same courage and cheerfulness to ill-health as he displayed during his distinguished sporting career . |
| 4 | Peter Cranmer : captained England at rugby wad Warwickshire at cricket |
| 5 | I phoned Graham at work . |
| 6 | The other day , I ‘ phoned Robert at college to tell him that I had photographed his favourite aircraft that morning . |
| 7 | Keegan is likely to name the same starting eleven which beat Portsmouth at home last week , although he wo n't confirm his team until lunchtime today . |
| 8 | I entered Dover at nightfall just as the sky darkened and rain began to beat down on my plumed cap . |
| 9 | Patients were excluded if they had severe disease not attributable to chronic respiratory disease , severe psychiatric disease , or if they used NIPPV at home . |
| 10 | Reed continued the pranks when he visited Crawford at home . |
| 11 | ‘ Would you care to modify it if I tell you that we have reason to believe that you recognised Wetherby at dinner on Thursday night ? ’ |
| 12 | In desperation , Lucien cornered Azmaveth at breakfast . |
| 13 | In 1945 , Lucian Oldershaw , with E. C. Bentley a member of the History Eighth at St Paul 's when it was first created in July 1893 , recalled Thomas at school and during his early days at Oxford : |
| 14 | " Is Cowslip the Chief Rabbit ? " asked Hazel at length . |
| 15 | " Are n't you coming to learn to carry , Fiver ? " asked Hazel at length . |
| 16 | At seven a.m. the following morning , contemplating newspaper headlines which screamed ‘ The Filth and the Fury ’ , and with the clamour of shareholders ringing in his ears , Leslie Hill personally telephoned Branson at home with a simple request , ‘ Can we talk ? ’ |
| 17 | Then she telephoned Eliot at home and after that was about to leave when Shildon came , apologetic and saying he had met somebody who had delayed him . |
| 18 | But Cambridge looked nowhere near as effective after manager John Beck withdrew White at half-time . |
| 19 | I taught Branwell at home , and Aunt Branwell taught Emily and Anne . |
| 20 | A self-styled ‘ independent Democrat ’ who was appointed in December to fill the empty Senate seat , Mr Krueger is no stereotypical Texan ; he is a reserved , scholarly type who earned his doctorate at Oxford ( Merton College ) , taught Shakespeare at Duke University for 12 years , and was ambassador to Mexico under Jimmy Carter . |
| 21 | Yesterday we rang Frank at home only to be told by his mum : ‘ Oh No . |
| 22 | The report , the result of a three year survey and third in a series named Seabirds at Sea , found that more than half of the world 's total number of breeding pairs of Manx shearwater , puffin , gannet and black guillemot live off the west coast of Scotland and in the Irish Sea . |
| 23 | Care was taken to stamp out the fire , and as Lucy watched Silas at work she was struck by his meticulous attention to detail . |
| 24 | Allen said that he called Previn at summer camp in 1991 , using the name George Simon . |
| 25 | Culley perched on the arm of a battered sofa and watched Mathers at work . |
| 26 | That evening , she rang Bridget at home , and explained what she was up to . |
| 27 | I rang Seddon at home before he left for New Scotland Yard and asked him to find out for me the names of the officers who had dealt with the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 28 | I often watched Michael at work in his shaping room . |
| 29 | We reached Lerwick at dusk to moor amongst the varied fishing craft at the fish quay . |
| 30 | They reached Framheim at midnight . |