Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He raised them now at the two shaken women who sat facing him in the interview-room at Stowbridge police station . |
| 32 | This and his aristocratic connections served him well at the Restoration . |
| 33 | He had written something on a scrap of paper and folded it over at the bottom . |
| 34 | So no I think er we all stuck it together at the start , not really knowing where it was gon na lead us . |
| 35 | In the decade since Mr McGuinness professed to have turned his back on the IRA and to have become a Sinn Fein politician , more than 40 witnesses and statements placed him firmly at the scene of violent incidents — and at the heart of the IRA 's decision-making process . |
| 36 | ‘ He kissed me on the cheek and I waved him off at the door and watched TV before going to bed . |
| 37 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 38 | He was a small man and it looked as if his rifle was much too heavy for him as he waved it threateningly at the crowd inside the camp . |
| 39 | She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist . |
| 40 | When I did that one for Ian , we just tied it in at the back did n't we ? |
| 41 | I think that , too , must have been part of an identity check , particularly as she repeated it again at the end . " |
| 42 | He then only needed a pitching-wedge and he hit it straight at the pin to about 18 feet or so . |
| 43 | At the 13th , a big sloping green , he studied my putt and said : ‘ Ah now , it 's a canny putt , son , but let me see … yes , hit it straight at the pin . ’ |
| 44 | He pinned her down at the CI5 computer centre , and over the phone briefly explained what he and Doyle needed of her . |
| 45 | Léonie smiled at Thérèse in the mirror and zipped her up at the back . |
| 46 | We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north . |
| 47 | We saw them off at the airfield , we being Sogono and myself . |
| 48 | Dana saw me off at the station . |
| 49 | The following morning saw me back at the surgery in order to collect not only my screwdriver but also the death certificate , duly signed by two doctors ( yes , they had managed to find the mortuary ) , without which I could not obtain a Registration of Death certificate , without which Nigel could not be cremated . |
| 50 | LEEDS manager Howard Wilkinson has renewed his optimism about winning the championship following his team 's 3–0 win over Chelsea , which planted them back at the top , a point ahead of Manchester United who have two games in hand . |
| 51 | ‘ I saw you both at the Castle , then I lost you . ’ |
| 52 | Er , I am mindful chairman that I embarrassed you acutely at the end of education meeting on Friday , erm , and I know that I , I have a circumstance coming up in February , where I have a child who is unexpectedly on a training day , erm , on a day where I actually have two meetings of this council , now either I get substituted , or we arrange for a one off carer situation . |
| 53 | It was Lavinia who had supported him every step of the way , kept him upright at the graveside , yet within a month she , too , was alone , her husband shot down over the Western Front . |
| 54 | She rubbed her back at the same time ; bending to the floor had hurt her . |
| 55 | I saw him once at the beginning of this month . |
| 56 | ‘ Yesterday Margrida was saying that when she saw us together at the lunch she felt we shared an affinity , ’ Ashley recalled . |
| 57 | In 1912 Walter Long accepted the phrase " the new style " and flung it back at the government : " The New Style consists in the cynical violation of the honourable traditions of public life . |
| 58 | Benny Polymer , the Titford manager , made it plain at the start of the season that promotion was his goal . |
| 59 | Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution . |
| 60 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |