Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Why was it you only got it at places like fairs and the seaside ?
2 He glared across the breakfast table at them , quenching the morning cheerfulness in the kitchen , and fiercely examined them at tea-time as if to see what the day had done to them .
3 He had been out and was coming in , although the way he walked suggested that going out had not been a great success , and that not much awaited him at home .
4 We only bought it at car boot sale and there were bits missing .
5 Susan came down for breakfast today , and they had an exciting time opening their parcels , for their father 's illness had prevented their making friends in the neighbourhood ; but there was plenty to do and talk about , and they steadfastly refused to give way to the depression that naturally overcame them at times .
6 There were signs that Waterloo Boy was past his best for the season and those were emphasised when Katabatic easily beat him at Cheltenham in April .
7 Look when they kicked the ball at , they could quite as easily kicked it at tree .
8 She shot her arm out and tried to grab it from him , but his fingers closed firmly around her wrist and easily held her at bay .
9 Durkin quickly made himself at home in Carewscourt .
10 He was now 25 years old and the episode on the island still haunted him at nights .
11 I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ’
12 Believe me , I would be truly delighted if she found a new and permanent partner , even though it is difficult to even regard her as a friend after her display of greed , and the wrong impression she deliberately gave you at Ib 's Club from sheer vindictiveness .
13 you possibly did it at G C S E in about three minutes .
14 Indeed the Americans soon found themselves moving yet closer to Britain , especially once they discovered that their own initiatives ( not least their pressure on Israel ) still left them at loggerheads with Egypt and the Arab radicals .
15 ‘ He was killed by assassins just like the bastards nearly murdered me at Le Coq d'Or ! ’
16 Having said that , the bugger nearly threw me at Holborn Circus .
17 ‘ You probably learned it at school , as I did . ’
18 Industrial relations , as the subject today would be described , was an area in which he instinctively felt himself at home .
19 Window displays were becoming controversial within the company ; Laura liked to see windows full of antiques and atmosphere , but increasingly found herself at loggerheads with more prosaic minds who wanted products and price-tags .
20 The swiftly reacting keeper bravely threw himself at McCarthy 's feet after Mitch Cook was brushed aside by the forward , and caused a measure of concern as he hobbled around after lengthy treatment .
21 He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit .
22 He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again .
23 Not content with beating seven bells out of the test team at Lords The Aussies took on the Combined Universities in a three day game today and almost strangled it at birth .
24 I did it there originally and then did it at festivals all over the country .
25 It flicked behind each dimpled knee ; and then scourged her at intervals from her pretty ankles to her shoulder blades .
26 If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen .
27 Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length .
28 There was still little the West could do to free eastern Europe and peace treaties were made with Romania , Bulgaria and Hungary ( all former allies of Hitler ) in February 1947 which effectively left them at Stalin 's mercy .
29 He quietly made himself at home , and launched upon the usual enquiries about my work and my writing .
30 I think actually got one at home , but we .
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