Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were impressed by her intelligent appreciation of political matters and took to consulting her on political problems that confronted them at work . |
| 2 | Each of these master gangs had ‘ satellites ’ , smaller groups that supported them at need and stayed in the general area . |
| 3 | Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’ |
| 4 | Edwards acquired the famous Maffeo Pinelli collection of early printed books from Venice and sold it at auction in 1789 and 1790 . |
| 5 | The typewriter clashed and harried him at night , never rhythmical enough to be ignored . |
| 6 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 7 | Chefs like myself have referred to them and kept them at hand since they were written over 10 years ago , along with books such as Jane Grigson 's on vegetables . |
| 8 | The gang abducted the eighteen year old daughter , and forced her at gunpoint to open up the bank in Bloxham where she worked . |
| 9 | Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’ |
| 10 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
| 11 | Crown counsel said the Belfast men bound and gagged Sarah Kennedy , her two young sons and a school-friend and held them at gunpoint in the house at My Lady 's Mile , Holywood , on November 27 , 1991 . |
| 12 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
| 13 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |