Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |
| 2 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 3 | I ) lay parallel to the earlier military ditches , while the other ( No.2 ) joined it at right angles , suggesting that the military plan influenced the layout . |
| 4 | In 1983 , for example , Gallup found that of voters who placed themselves on the political left and right , 22 per cent placed themselves at various ranges of the left end of the scale ( from ‘ far ’ to ‘ slightly ’ left ) , 51 per cent placed themselves on the right , and 13 per cent regarded themselves as middle of the road . |
| 5 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
| 6 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 7 | well he bought the land and we saw him at different times build his bungalow it 's a lovely bungalow now int it ? |
| 8 | We saw him at Old Trafford |
| 9 | He did everything at breakneck speed and was insatiably sociable , always turning up when Jane was particularly busy , crashing into the room and asking jauntily : ‘ What 's everyone doing ? ’ |
| 10 | Some put him at average height , others said he was a tall man . |
| 11 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 12 | Recent estimates of the size of the slick put it at 2.5m-3m barrels of oil , not the 7m-barrel monster that had been feared . |
| 13 | What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ? |
| 14 | Ronni cast him a glance , as they seated themselves at opposite sides of the table . |
| 15 | He is a keen observer of political life and quizzed me at great length about the impending British general election . |
| 16 | Pease had been taking part in a march through the capital , Lima , when the officer shot him at close range with bird shot . |
| 17 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 18 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |
| 19 | They obtained some preserved embryo amphisbaenians — a difficult thing to do as specimens are scarce — and sectioned them at various stages of development . |
| 20 | It impressed no-one at corporate management level . |