Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute .
2 A farmer had a load of unwanted sawdust so piled it at the end of his drive with a notice : ‘ Free sawdust — help yourself ’ .
3 On 18 December 1689 the anniversary of William 's first entrance into London was cele-brated with a huge procession through the City , as crowds carried effigies of James 's chief ministers through the streets to Temple Bar , where they ritualistically hanged them at a " triple galloes " set up next to a great bonfire .
4 Tony Coton apparently embraced him at the end and gave him soime words of encouragement .
5 I think you just caught him at a bad moment .
6 Sitting in Casey 's office with a group of people sometime in the autumn of 1985 , John McMahon , his deputy , suddenly said : ‘ You wo n't believe what Bud McFarlane just told me at the White House . ’
7 He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat .
8 He pointed up the fairway and said : ‘ Just hit it at the wee stone marker . ’
9 Yes , I just saw you at the crossroads you see
10 Sir , May I express through your columns Sends a Cow 's gratitude to the many people in our beleaguered industry who generously supported us at the Royal Show this year .
11 Both the Aurora Hotel and Labrador Inn were fully booked and the cab driver finally deposited them at the Royal Inn .
12 I remember David started crying but Ralph would not back down and say we deserved the money , or to have some of it , so we just left them at the Brummel Club before doing their thing .
13 The Collective State Presidency , after several abortive attempts to meet , also finally endorsed it at the end of a 14-hour session on July 12 ( again not attended by Drnovsek ) , but imposed new demands and deadlines .
14 Daniel Marsh usually met him at the station , but today Nahum was early .
15 But except for a brief interval , Blaize ruled for 10 unmemorable years until Gairy decisively beat him at the polls a few months after Britain granted the island wide autonomy in 1967 .
16 At this I quickly joined them at the bottom of a long rickety iron ladder which led into the water ballast tanks and found them hauling out several cases which had been concealed there .
17 In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates .
18 For five hours he did n't once open his mouth to offer advice or even give an opinion and , when he checked the takings at the end of the day , although we were two shillings and fivepence light from a usual Saturday , he still handed over the sixpenny piece he always gave me at the end of the week .
19 I wondered if they still did it at the pictures , 'cos it 's years since I went to the pictures .
20 Well the Fox prediction tonight is that Oxford United will draw and probably beat them at the Manor .
21 ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year .
22 ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year .
23 Once again a very enjoyable evening , erm , I pushed into something that er , I do n't think she really wanted to do initially , but she thoroughly enjoyed it at the end .
24 They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill .
25 They probably did it at the policeman 's ball .
26 ‘ My own family was pretty undistinguished , and Stephen had at any rate a respectable reputation in his own field — though I probably overvalued it at the time .
27 ‘ You probably said it at the end of the 1960s . ’
28 And you probably had it at the time .
29 He also fitted it at the top end of the door .
30 Gaily followed them at a discreet distance and watched as they lowered Miss Faith Lavender into her last resting place .
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