Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The g was less , and that made me feel at home . |
| 2 | looked after me in Hyderabad , where he and his wife made me feel at home with their warm , relaxing hospitality . |
| 3 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 4 | Mittwoch ( 1990 : 117 ) feels very similar impressions to those described by Cotte : like him , she points out that a sentence such as ( 218a ) seems contradictory whereas ( 218b ) does not : ( 218a ) * She let him stay at home yesterday but he chose to go to school all the same . |
| 5 | She heard him catch at air , and cough up the last slime of the river . |
| 6 | What did ya do at school ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you realise at Christmas ? ’ she asked , nuzzling her mouth into his warm neck , and thinking it tasted far better than the doughnut she had been dutifully consuming . |
| 8 | Did you stay at hospital after you 'd finished your training ? |
| 9 | What did you do at nursery ? |
| 10 | Otherwise you 'll ask a question like , ‘ What did you do at school ? ’ and he 'll say , ‘ Well , I was planning the Great Train Robbery and I murdered my mother … . ’ |
| 11 | And what sort of things did you do at school ? |
| 12 | What things did you do at school today ? |
| 13 | the more you tell them , the more they left you know , even when you say to them what did you do at school ? , then what did you do ? , oh nothing much it was |
| 14 | What did you do at school today ? |
| 15 | What did you do at school today then ? |
| 16 | What did you do at school come and tell me . |
| 17 | Yes what did you do , what did you do at Christmas time ? |
| 18 | ‘ What did you read at university ? ’ |
| 19 | Did you find at school that your dialect was hammered ? |
| 20 | day did you have at work then ? |
| 21 | What did you learn at school ? ’ |
| 22 | Wha wha , what did you get at Christmas ? |
| 23 | And whe di what did you get at drama class tonight then ? |
| 24 | How many did she bake at school ? |
| 25 | ‘ Did she die at home ? ’ |
| 26 | Did he sing at home , your dad ? |
| 27 | At no point throughout the weekend did he seem at ease in the new car , his driving lacking the urgent but dramatically effective style seen in the past . |
| 28 | ‘ Did he live at home , Bernice ? ’ |
| 29 | Did he live at home when he was engaged to your sister ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I wish she occasionally made us laugh at home , ’ sighed Daisy . |