Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] at [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't go to Oxford or Yale but he would have a good education if he had joined me at Birkenhead Institute . ’ |
| 2 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 3 | Cherry had floated home at five , having wowed them at Shuff 's and danced all night . |
| 4 | Betty had met me at Bellanoch , whisking me off to a venison dinner at her friend 's at Ford . |
| 5 | I 've seen them at Pisa and Florence , they 're only large houses really , rather grand all the same , so much stone and ceiling , hard to keep warm in the winters . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry to have missed you at St Thomas ' during the last training session . |
| 7 | Luke had met her at Euston . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've seen him at Liverpool in the players ’ lounge . |
| 9 | He knew no-one had seen him at Barak 's house otherwise he 'd have been charged straight away . |
| 10 | He had looked older when she had seen him at St Petrock 's ; but he had been scowling then , and now he was looking quite friendly and interested — rather like James , who sat in front of them regarding them both with faithful brown eyes . |
| 11 | He had phoned her at Milton Buildings , saying that he had a routine enquiry to make about the Datsun , would have asked for Mr Marius Steen but , owing to the recent regrettable happening , wondered if she could help . |
| 12 | You should have seen her at Neemrana … clinging chiffon or some wet sari … straight out of the worst kind of masala movie … ’ |
| 13 | He admits he might have been a little too young for the job , ‘ but after Yves had done it at Dior , everyone thought a young designer was the thing and of course there was n't that much to do , a collection of 60 or 70 dresses , twice a year . ’ |
| 14 | They 've done it at Cherwell . |
| 15 | He had missed us at Alassio and followed the train in his car , he had something to speak to her about . |
| 16 | She recalled the Jewish woman who had lectured them at Holmsly Manor . |
| 17 | ‘ Now there is one of nature 's gentlemen , ’ someone had told me at Monaco in 1975 when I first met Mario . |
| 18 | The decision had cheered him up ; the bustle created by his demands reaffirmed the show of his importance ; and he could still feel a breeze from the pure air which had wreathed him at Hause Point . |
| 19 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Alexandra said , feeling a recurring surge of the courage that had invaded her at Langley Dene , ‘ but I think — with respect , I think that everyone is making too much of my meeting Mr Swinton . |
| 20 | They 've got him at Broadman 's place ! |
| 21 | Er I think they 've got it at Presto on . |
| 22 | The duty solicitor had contacted me at Surkov 's request . |
| 23 | It had begun to rain , the same sad summer drizzle which had greeted me at Kings Cross . |
| 24 | That was how he had greeted her at Euston on her return from Ireland after the New Year . |
| 25 | It had to be a child , Coffin thought , and had n't Mrs Foster been Gilly Slee when he had known her at Hook Road School ? |
| 26 | ‘ Someone must have known him at Emmanuel , ’ added the Archdeacon . |
| 27 | I bought it for £25 plus £3.10 for the tax and insurance from a taxi driver who had abandoned it at Middlesbrough station with a blown head gasket . |
| 28 | Having seen and heard him at Buxton , I find it hard to believe claims that he did not solo the South Face of Lhotse : claims , in any case , which Cesen has countered with an explanation . |
| 29 | She chuckled at her romanticism : even most of the historians who had taught her at Cambridge sported tattered leather jackets and greasy jeans . |
| 30 | USAF officials originally placed her at Edwards AFB but she was moved to the nearby March facility for restoration and display . |