Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 2 | The wind and rain beat down on me , and I fell down several times , but finally I arrived at a long , low house , standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor . |
| 3 | I taught at a private primary school for girls and really , compared with what some teachers go through , I had a terribly easy time , but I still could n't cope . |
| 4 | Driving away , I noticed that the vast chimney was still not functioning , but when I called at a neighbouring house a woman showed me videos she had taken of smoke coming from the plant , settling in her garden . |
| 5 | I started at a new school after Easter and this may have something to do with it because it was n't as bad before . |
| 6 | I started at a nearby special school when I was 3 . |
| 7 | I stared at a huge rectangle of light , it was pinkish floating flickering and suddenly I saw … a pig ! |
| 8 | As I sat in front of him , I looked at a poster-sized photo which was on the wall behind him . |
| 9 | It is difficult to say how long this species lives in captivity , but I had an African Snakehead , which I acquired at a similar size to yours , and I kept him or her ( there are no external sex differences ) for 13 years . |
| 10 | Once I ran at a fair in the noise |
| 11 | A woman has been raped in her own home by a man she met at a local market . |
| 12 | She dabbed at a watery eye . |
| 13 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 14 | On her way , out of shame that she would mess up the arrangements , she stopped at a small shop and got some fresh rolls and ham , some butter and some tins of Smithwicks bitter . |
| 15 | In 1891 she taught at a finishing school in Hanover for six months and , after her return to England , at a school in Finsbury Park . |
| 16 | She walked at a leisurely pace to the back of the hold , where she unlocked a control panel and pressed several buttons . |
| 17 | She giggled at a sudden thought . |
| 18 | This is why you started at a safe height . |
| 19 | Even she was surprised at Gedge 's tenacious loyalty to her ideology when she called at a local shop with him . |
| 20 | She stared at a plump tea-kettle like a plump hen above the shopman 's head , and her voice was dreamy as she answered : " Well , keep it for me — will your I … |
| 21 | For a moment she stared at a different Luke . |
| 22 | She looked at a big BMW bike parked by the kerb , then up at a darkened row of tall houses . |
| 23 | This , she left at a critical time . |
| 24 | Six hours into the journey , and several thousand feet higher , we stopped at a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep from rusty milk-cans . |
| 25 | On arrival at a solitary farm we stopped at a simple stone monument which marked the nearby crash-sites for F/L Mackid 's Lancaster , : 7572 ‘ L ’ and F/L Poole 's Halifax , W1020 ‘ K ’ . |
| 26 | I forgot to say that on the way to the hot springs we stopped at a neolithic site where they have excavated and reconstructed the life of the people living there 6,000 years ago . |
| 27 | In the hills above the ruins of Capernaum near the Mount of Beatitudes we stopped at a natural grassy amphitheatre which could easily seat 10,000 . |
| 28 | And er we played at a high tempo and we passed it and really dominated the rest of the game but our finishing could have been better . |
| 29 | We ate at a low round table set out on the foredeck , splendid meals of hot ful beans , salads of tomatoes and onions , and fresh fish from the river . |
| 30 | We arrived at a Roman Catholic church where kind ladies gave us food and blankets , and soon we were all cosily asleep on the hard church floor . |