Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They invited them to sit at a table and were joined by an unusually tall , thin man who was extraordinarily blonde for his age which was thirty to thirtyfive . |
| 2 | Yeah , if I sell at a time when there 's still a recession on and you see somebody has to get my they had a visit perhaps that was somebody that actually bought a house , not she not |
| 3 | A police graduate I met at a seminar on ‘ Research into the Police ’ , which we had both attended in a private capacity and without force blessing or financial assistance , later wrote to me : |
| 4 | It was also at about this time that a friend of Charlotte ( whom I met at a party ) commented on how much better Charlotte was looking — considering the circumstances . |
| 5 | Someone I met at a party ! |
| 6 | A girl I met at a party on Saturday night . ’ |
| 7 | Gordon and I sit at a table as the old snowys sup their milk stouts and get ready to cross the road to the theatre , where several stars of television are about to perform the fabulous musical My Fair Lady . |
| 8 | It 's a piece of pipe that I got at a plumbing supply place ; I bought a twelve foot piece of pipe and had it cut into pieces a little over an inch long . |
| 9 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 10 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 11 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 12 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 13 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues . |
| 14 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 15 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 16 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 17 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues . |
| 18 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 19 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 20 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 21 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 22 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
| 23 | Remembering the agony of years gone by , teaching in Sunday School , I grasped at a straw and replied ‘ Sorry no transport ! ’ |
| 24 | I winced at a memory . |
| 25 | Driving home one night at about 11 o'clock , through a fairly rough area , I stopped at a zebra crossing . |
| 26 | I stopped at a pub I used rarely near the BBC and had a ploughman 's and a couple of orange juices , no alcohol , partly because I wanted to keep a clear head and partly to fit in with the cab-driver persona . |
| 27 | I stopped at a stationer 's and ordered two reams of Devon Valley Thin , two black ribbons to fit Toby 's portable , and a box of the best carbon papers . |
| 28 | Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine . |
| 29 | But suppose I look at a clock on the ground floor — through binoculars , say . |
| 30 | I look at a person and if you like me you like me |