Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only the thought of this poor baby in me that made me stir at all and get myself to a friend of Ferdinando 's who is in the way of knowing all the business of the street being a wine-merchant and visited by all . |
| 2 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 3 | He let it go at that , smiling to himself as he suggested to Iris Sunderby that she go up to her room and put her things together . |
| 4 | What made you jump at that moment ? |
| 5 | Only the young man 's intuitive fear of the heavy couple who had entered his shop , closed the door and locked it , and pushed him roughly into the back room , made him co-operate at all . |
| 6 | Artai was incapable of sitting still for long , and only his abnormal concern with his appearance made him submit at all to the restrictive nature of the ministrations of the Y'frike slaves . |
| 7 | She saw them glance at each other and exchange a conspiratorial arching of the eyebrows , compounded in Miller 's case by the faintest of nods . |
| 8 | So how did I arrive at this mix ? |
| 9 | ‘ When and why did you arrive at that conclusion ? ’ she queried quietly . |
| 10 | What other things did you do at this school ? |
| 11 | So what did you do at this farm today then ? |
| 12 | How long did you work at that place for , then ? |
| 13 | So what what hours did you work at this this hat shop ? |
| 14 | ‘ Wy did you come at all ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then why did you come at all ? ’ |
| 16 | Did did you recognise at that were you in court yesterday ? |
| 17 | That , that programme that follows that , we 've never looked at it before , Barrymore er did you look at that ? |
| 18 | She said er well they came to us in the interval and Con was just like , I thought she 'll call me when Sally has gone , Sally had their address , she 'd just you know , she was gon na be in there and Con said , look , did you look at that dress she said , whoever makes them ! |
| 19 | Did you look at any comparable institutions when you set up this one ? |
| 20 | Did you did you fight at that time then ? |
| 21 | They were by now close together , and the devil , who had got into both of them , whispered in both their ears ; McAllister had meant to ask , Now , how did we arrive at that ? and Dr Neil , who had meant to say something provocative to her , decided to do something provocative instead . |
| 22 | ‘ Did I ever — I mean , since we split up — did I ever — did we communicate at all ? ’ |
| 23 | Did we look at those before ? |
| 24 | ‘ So what did they do at these meetings ? ’ |
| 25 | Why did they buy at that time ? |
| 26 | One writer , who has covered the Royal Family for 12 years , said : ‘ In 30 minutes of speeches and toasts , not once did they look at each other . ’ |
| 27 | Why did it bother at all ? |
| 28 | The question becomes ; why did it take so long , not why did it happen at all . |
| 29 | How , if this were a complete picture of the League 's activities , did it survive at all ? |
| 30 | And where did he live at that time ? |