Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't spoken to Mr Boldwood since the autumn , when I promised to see him at Christmas , so I 'll have to go . |
| 2 | She tried to put him at ease : " Why do n't you take your coat off ? " she said . |
| 3 | He tried to do it at home and that was |
| 4 | Fred Bradley stayed very much in the background and his soft , kind eyes helped to put her at ease . |
| 5 | She felt the lie was unconvincing , but he seemed to take it at face value . |
| 6 | I can never be grateful enough to them for the sacrifice they made to keep me at school , when even ten shillings a week would have relieved the pressure on the food bill . |
| 7 | At first I had thought she would recover , but when I learned her illness was serious , I decided to visit her at night , for what might be the last time . |
| 8 | In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) . |
| 9 | I had witnessed Sister Kenny 's unusual treatment when I went to see her at work at Queen Mary 's Hospital for Children in Carshalton , one of several hospitals we had visited during our advanced student days . |
| 10 | Richard Wiles went to meet them at home . |
| 11 | ‘ Most of them preferred to see it at home . |
| 12 | When your family members went mad these days you had to keep them at home , and whatever the sound policies , on the part of the government , which lay behind this decision , it was undoubtedly inconvenient for those upon whom would fall the burden of caring for the deranged . |