Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 : |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Someone I met at a party ! |
4 | A girl I met at a party on Saturday night . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
7 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
8 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others . |
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 . |
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 and others . |
14 | This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues . |
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 and others . |
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 | Remembering the agony of years gone by , teaching in Sunday School , I grasped at a straw and replied ‘ Sorry no transport ! ’ |
21 | I winced at a memory . |
22 | Driving home one night at about 11 o'clock , through a fairly rough area , I stopped at a zebra crossing . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | In fact , I arrived at a look I liked fifteen years ago and I have hardly changed it since then . |
26 | After hours of brain searching work I arrived at a formula that produced some sensible — but not accurate figures . |
27 | Whether as Minister for Aviation or as Minister for Coal and Electricity , I had the same experience whenever I arrived at a meeting of the Council of Ministers . |
28 | Part of my later training had been at the hands of an ex-SAS instructor whose absolute priority for survival was evading the enemy ; and with doubt but also awareness of danger I guessed at an enemy above our heads , not a saviour . |
29 | There was-no sign of a mansion , so I knocked at a cottage door and enquired . |
30 | As the robber ran into and along the road , I followed at a distance of about 10 yards , keeping to the pavement so that the line of parked cars stood between us . |