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

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No	Sentence
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	He was now 25 years old and the episode on the island still haunted him at nights .
11	I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ’
12	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 .
13	you possibly did it at G C S E in about three minutes .
14	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 .
15	‘ He was killed by assassins just like the bastards nearly murdered me at Le Coq d'Or ! ’
16	Having said that , the bugger nearly threw me at Holborn Circus .
17	‘ You probably learned it at school , as I did . ’
18	He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again .
19	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 .
20	I did it there originally and then did it at festivals all over the country .
21	It flicked behind each dimpled knee ; and then scourged her at intervals from her pretty ankles to her shoulder blades .
22	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 .
23	Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length .
24	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 .
25	For the last two years or so of Phillip 's life , Marje never visited him at home , according to friends .
26	The Danes said Yes to Maastricht only because other governments solemnly reassured them at Edinburgh last December that they need not consider themselves European citizens , or adopt a European money , or join a European army .
27	But Jo never rang him at work , and he never rang her office secretary to find what flight she 'd taken .
28	Yeah , but looking at college like I 've come from school like , and I never liked it at school .
29	on now this year to have me mum and dad cos she never had them at Christmas and I thought it 's not fair , you know , she 's the

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