Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why was it you only got it at places like fairs and the seaside ? |
| 2 | He glared across the breakfast table at them , quenching the morning cheerfulness in the kitchen , and fiercely examined them at tea-time as if to see what the day had done to them . |
| 3 | He had been out and was coming in , although the way he walked suggested that going out had not been a great success , and that not much awaited him at home . |
| 4 | We only bought it at car boot sale and there were bits missing . |
| 5 | Susan came down for breakfast today , and they had an exciting time opening their parcels , for their father 's illness had prevented their making friends in the neighbourhood ; but there was plenty to do and talk about , and they steadfastly refused to give way to the depression that naturally overcame them at times . |
| 6 | There were signs that Waterloo Boy was past his best for the season and those were emphasised when Katabatic easily beat him at Cheltenham in April . |
| 7 | Had Curtly Ambrose , supported by umpire Barker , not ejected him at Bridgetown three winters ago , who knows ? |
| 8 | Look when they kicked the ball at , they could quite as easily kicked it at tree . |
| 9 | She shot her arm out and tried to grab it from him , but his fingers closed firmly around her wrist and easily held her at bay . |
| 10 | Durkin quickly made himself at home in Carewscourt . |
| 11 | He was now 25 years old and the episode on the island still haunted him at nights . |
| 12 | I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 13 | Believe me , I would be truly delighted if she found a new and permanent partner , even though it is difficult to even regard her as a friend after her display of greed , and the wrong impression she deliberately gave you at Ib 's Club from sheer vindictiveness . |
| 14 | you possibly did it at G C S E in about three minutes . |
| 15 | Indeed the Americans soon found themselves moving yet closer to Britain , especially once they discovered that their own initiatives ( not least their pressure on Israel ) still left them at loggerheads with Egypt and the Arab radicals . |
| 16 | ‘ He was killed by assassins just like the bastards nearly murdered me at Le Coq d'Or ! ’ |
| 17 | Having said that , the bugger nearly threw me at Holborn Circus . |
| 18 | ‘ You probably learned it at school , as I did . ’ |
| 19 | Industrial relations , as the subject today would be described , was an area in which he instinctively felt himself at home . |
| 20 | Window displays were becoming controversial within the company ; Laura liked to see windows full of antiques and atmosphere , but increasingly found herself at loggerheads with more prosaic minds who wanted products and price-tags . |
| 21 | The swiftly reacting keeper bravely threw himself at McCarthy 's feet after Mitch Cook was brushed aside by the forward , and caused a measure of concern as he hobbled around after lengthy treatment . |
| 22 | He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again . |
| 24 | Not content with beating seven bells out of the test team at Lords The Aussies took on the Combined Universities in a three day game today and almost strangled it at birth . |
| 25 | I did it there originally and then did it at festivals all over the country . |
| 26 | It flicked behind each dimpled knee ; and then scourged her at intervals from her pretty ankles to her shoulder blades . |
| 27 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |
| 28 | Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length . |
| 29 | There was still little the West could do to free eastern Europe and peace treaties were made with Romania , Bulgaria and Hungary ( all former allies of Hitler ) in February 1947 which effectively left them at Stalin 's mercy . |
| 30 | He quietly made himself at home , and launched upon the usual enquiries about my work and my writing . |