Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 2 | His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school . |
| 3 | She came between them at speed , the air thunderous in her wings , which were more massive than any golden eagle 's he had yet seen or imagined . |
| 4 | With a joy to his flight that evidently surprised and alarmed them he turned and stooped towards them at speed , not to attack them so much as show them that he was a golden eagle and could fly where he pleased . |
| 5 | Although on occasion he functioned as leader of the Congress movement , the ascendancy he achieved over it was purely personal , and he could make it seem as though he played with it at will . |
| 6 | When he turned towards me at Dun Laoghaire , he looked the complete tearaway . |
| 7 | The same thing always happened to him at school if he was brought out to the front of the hall for talking in assembly , or if he had to stand in the aisle with his hands on his head for not paying attention in class . |
| 8 | He got into it at school , but his friends moved on . |
| 9 | ‘ I heard about it at school . ’ |
| 10 | When we talked about it at length , I realised that I 'd been using clothes to buoy myself up emotionally , ever since my father left when I was 10 . |
| 11 | I think I even dreamed about her at night . |
| 12 | And before dawn Lachlan left with three galleys , and Hector went after him at mid-morning with two , saying he must prevent Lachlan harming the honour of the clan . |
| 13 | Mum looked after me at home . |
| 14 | I am told Dickens partook of it at home . ’ |
| 15 | I went to it at Christmas |
| 16 | She spoke about it at length and Richard asked intelligent questions . |
| 17 | Armstrong was denied a consolation goal for Comrades when Gillespie saved from him at point blank range in the 50th minute . |
| 18 | Oh yeah I mean they were good company to go out with and I said to you at dinner time and then since they 've joined us , so we was all the same |
| 19 | Both of them wrote to him at school , and Rudd remembers selling the foreign stamps off their letters to buy The Autocar . |
| 20 | Over the years she had become a stranger to us , her sisters tending to avoid her ; all but my mother , who still wrote to her at Christmas-time . |
| 21 | Then a blue Rover drew out and flashed past them at speed , two people waving . |
| 22 | Check for any areas of hazard such as pillars , radiators , chairs or competitors ' bags near the area — anything , in fact , that might cause you injury if you ploughed into it at speed . |
| 23 | When the women went out into the fields to help their menfolk with the haymaking , it was noted , although no one passed a comment , that Bob sought her out and sat with her at 'lowance time . |
| 24 | And this spirit continues with Jesus thereafter , it descended on him at baptism , it drove him out into the wilderness to be tempted and so on . |