Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect . |
| 2 | My Dad met us at the airport and , of course , the first thing that I wanted to do was to see my younger brother Russell . |
| 3 | My son took him at his word and went into travel for three years . |
| 4 | ‘ My grandfather had signed his own death warrant , though only my mother knew it at the time . ’ |
| 5 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 6 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 7 | Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent . |
| 8 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 9 | They stood her in good stead when her father enrolled her at her next school , Riddlesworth Hall , two hours ' drive from Park House . |
| 10 | Her coldness struck him at once . |
| 11 | Behind her Rose followed her at a wheezing trot , keeping up with her , until she suddenly mastered the antiquated machine , and sped away , feeling like a Swiss mountaineer with his St Bernard dog , setting off on his errand of mercy . |
| 12 | As Primrose and her brother rejoined them at the table , Madeleine continued to pursue her own thoughts . |
| 13 | Her mother held her at arm 's length and examined her like a piece of merchandise , turning her this way and that , searching for concealed flaws . |
| 14 | Er , there 's a suggestion that he had mild epilepsy , and they tried to keep it quite , and his father tutored him at home . |
| 15 | ‘ No , his analyst told me at a party in New York . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door . |
| 17 | His mother met him at the back door . |
| 18 | Thick , dark and naturally wavy as it was , all she had to do was twist it through an elasticated hairband and pin the resulting pony-tail into whatever shape pleased her at the moment . |
| 19 | Nigel started a kind of evening shift , that you was there with your kids during the day and then your husband got them at night and you come out and worked at nights , so it |
| 20 | Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh . |