Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Shuckburgh 's long exposure to the whims and sensibilities of Eden and Churchill led him on at least one occasion to comment favourably on Eisenhower and Dulles as political leaders . |
| 2 | ‘ Master Daunbey , ’ Mandeville caught him up at the corner of the gallery . |
| 3 | When she returned Joyce Babcock sought her out at once . |
| 4 | ‘ We had breakfast and Mummy dropped me off at the playground , ’ Verena told police . |
| 5 | His mouth touched hers lightly at first , then he deepened the kiss with a passionate hunger that their lovemaking had failed to assuage . |
| 6 | The reason that a lot of the older players are going is because they did n't produce the goods when the club needed it most at least the kids were going out battling . |
| 7 | Dana saw me off at the station . |
| 8 | Branson took him in at a glance . |
| 9 | Hilary was eighteen when Meredith picked him up at the BBC Club . ’ |
| 10 | At Thanksgiving 1985 , Bush sent North a postcard thanking him for his work ‘ with the hostage thing and in Central America ’ and exhorting him to get some turkey ; North read it out at his trial four years later as evidence of approval , but it was all delightfully vague . |
| 11 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 12 | Richard Cohen , who commissioned the book , said : ‘ I was very glad the judge threw it out at the very first stage . |
| 13 | David Swan joined them promptly at six-thirty . |
| 14 | ‘ No matter what he is now , Mr Gillis treated me badly at school and he treated you even worse . |
| 15 | Blind panic sent her off at a stumbling run . |
| 16 | McGee knew of only one way to circle the ring — clockwise — and Denny put him off at will . |
| 17 | Kim held him out at arm 's length . |
| 18 | Tom met him outside at lunchtime as there were no classes for him in the afternoon . |
| 19 | In the decade since Mr McGuinness professed to have turned his back on the IRA and to have become a Sinn Fein politician , more than 40 witnesses and statements placed him firmly at the scene of violent incidents — and at the heart of the IRA 's decision-making process . |
| 20 | Our teacher took me aside at break . |
| 21 | And the exhibition would be important , she told herself , when a flow of desire swept her away at the thought of being with Lucy , time allotted to their togetherness . |
| 22 | The boats picked us up at a pre-arranged rendezvous and we sped off again to do a foot patrol on the lough shore road . |
| 23 | When Cromwell became Protector in December 1653 Simpson and Feake attacked him ferociously at Allhallows . |
| 24 | This pendulum visualisation helped me considerably at the point where I was just about to master the hovering stage . |
| 25 | Daniel told them how at this time God had so loved the world that he had sent his only son to give it life , to be made just like them , so that God might live man 's life and man might through him come close to God . |
| 26 | Tenerife was basking in afternoon sunshine as a taxi dropped them off at the sea-front . |
| 27 | She was not feeling in the least cheerful however when the taxi dropped her off at Ven 's home . |
| 28 | A top-edge off an Akram no-ball followed , and then a vital slab of good fortune as Malik put him down at slip , a high nick when he was 15 . |
| 29 | But once he reached Stowey the Coleridges greeted him warmly at Lime Street , where the cottage had gained another new resident only a week before : on 14 May , Sara had been ‘ safely delivered of a fine boy ’ , the child being given the name Berkeley in honour of the philosopher , for whom Coleridge was developing a great admiration . |
| 30 | He spent two-thirds of his day at a school ten miles away , and the rest of the afternoon looking through the older children 's comics at Mrs Neary 's until Diane picked him up at five . |