Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Agrippa gave an order they obeyed with alacrity , but sometimes I caught them watching me and shuddered at the amusement in their icy , pale-blue eyes . |
| 2 | I held my ticket tightly to me and smiled at the thought . |
| 3 | He took the seat to which Carson had gestured him and glanced at the message slip . |
| 4 | I lay in the bed beside him and stared at the ceiling . |
| 5 | She fetched antiseptic and some cotton wool , then bent towards him and dabbed at the place , a pose that brought their heads close together . |
| 6 | She took it from him and sipped at the sweet sherry , reminded by its taste that he bought it specially because she did n't like sweet sherry . |
| 7 | But the rest of his appeal was lost as Erika pushed past him and stood at the end of the bus , well aware that Paul would rather postpone his appeal than stand the two slow lurching miles to the club . |
| 8 | I may even have just called for him and stood at the door . |
| 9 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 10 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 11 | She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills . |
| 12 | He had moved past her and stood at the foot of a soaring staircase , hands on his hips . |
| 13 | She sat down in front of it and looked at the half-page she had typed that morning . |
| 14 | He opened it and looked at the video tape cassette inside . |
| 15 | Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces . |
| 16 | He moved between us and looked at the bowls of deep colour , and little puffs of red and yellow dotted about the draining-board to dry . |