Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People like ex-British Airways captain Derek Ellis whom I met at Kerikeri airfield . |
| 2 | ‘ I gave myself two years to win promotion when I arrived at Ayresome Park last summer . |
| 3 | I glanced at Lili thinking that she must know and would somehow reveal what was disturbing him . |
| 4 | I 've got a calendar from the day I start shooting , and I start crossing off the days the way I did at high school , waiting for summer vacation to begin . ’ |
| 5 | Tony Brough ( the Principal ) and I sat at High Table , but it was very democratic because the students also took it in turns to sit at High Table — and to be invited to the Principal 's office for pre-dinner drinks ! |
| 6 | Brightness shares the pool with two dolphins , and another Beluga whale , called Yegor , which arrived at Laspi Bay 10 days ago , from the dolphinarium in Novorossysk , Russia . |
| 7 | Praising Durkheim , Eliot had written about and summarized Max Müller 's attitude ( largely based on Sanskrit philology ) , which looked at primitive religion chiefly through its myths , finding in primitive deities personifications of larger forces of nature and seeing in the primitive mind a sentiment of wonder at such forces , a basic intuition of the ‘ infinite ’ . |
| 8 | She heard the shaken sigh that was torn from him as he brought her body up against the length of his , and the urge to go on fighting him faded as she grasped at fresh knowledge , accepting the fact that this was entirely mutual . |
| 9 | Trained by Richard Hannon , Lemon Souffle has n't run since she scored at scintillating victory in the Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket in July . |
| 10 | As the man with some previous experience of CAA hearings , it was Randolph Fields who arrived at Civil Aviation House in Kingsway , London , on the first day of the hearing to present the case for the newly inaugurated Virgin Atlantic Airways . |
| 11 | She vanished at full tilt towards the kitchen-garden and the orchards . |
| 12 | ‘ Haff you heard at aal apout a maan caald Menzies ? ’ one asked the other in a broad parody of the Gaelic accent . |
| 13 | Clacton police want to hear from a ginger-haired man , aged about 18 , who called at nearby Branwhite 's garage about 8.45 pm to eliminate him from their inquiries . |
| 14 | She assisted at French cave excavations , including La Quina in Charente , where she was introduced to Neanderthal man and his Mousterian culture , thereafter to be a central interest . |
| 15 | Those boys ( they were few , for academic impulses withered and died in the Burleigh air ) who aimed at Advanced Level , or even university , had always trickled off into the state system as soon as they had taken their Ordinary Levels , if not before . |
| 16 | All the country round about was owned by the Earls of Chesterfield , who resided at neighbouring Bretby House . |
| 17 | We fought at close range , not more than twenty steps apart , and drove the soldiers back upon their main lines , leaving their dead in our hands . |
| 18 | We camped at Blind Tarn close to the Coniston fells in the Lakes . |
| 19 | Secondary schools in particular were much more likely to have a health education policy if one existed at Regional level . |
| 20 | No similar difference was noted in primary schools where two thirds of all schools had a health policy whether or not one existed at regional level . |
| 21 | We landed at overgrown grass airstrips ( Torrijos at the controls ) and were soon surrounded by ragged children and earnest villagers . |
| 22 | In practice we proceeded at absolute snail 's pace , and every step that we took was hindered by constant misunderstanding , suspicion and argument . |
| 23 | It was a it was a little Italian restaurant with about forty six and we went at regional conference and it was astounding ! |
| 24 | We looked at European history and traced the effects which the growth of specialised institutions of government and administration have had on women 's potential for political influence . |
| 25 | So a modern sexual dimorphism is explicable in terms of erm inter-male er conflict and it may be in the case of human beings er most of them are , for example the larger body weight of males that we saw when we looked at sexual dimorphism in human beings is probably explicable erm in terms of inter-male conflict like it is in chimpanzees . |
| 26 | In the last two issues , we looked at single bed slip and tuck stitches and their ability to form surface texture , or interest , in our knitted fabric . |
| 27 | At Dunollie Point , where the bottom and the life varies considerably , we looked at natural navigation using the bottom , the current , the life , and at how you could use kick cycles , and time , to determine distance covered . |
| 28 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 29 | Then there are the Flume Rides ; long , twisty fibreglass tunnels , down which one slid at high speed , ending in a deep pool at the bottom . |
| 30 | She was n't in the mood to cope with Kegan 's heavy playfulness , the sort of labored gallantry he produced whenever they met at official hospital functions . |