Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tracking and following of the youths , through rush-hour traffic , took Tom through most of Edinburgh New Town , and culminated , almost an hour later , with his flagging down a Police motor cyclist who stopped and questioned them at Mackenzie Place/India Place . |
| 2 | They talked for ages , making their drinks last , and no one came and bothered them at all . |
| 3 | She was at court every time with me , and she came and visited me at Holloway . |
| 4 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , you daft loony ! ’ she yelled and threw it at him . |
| 6 | He waved and shouted something at the mercer in the street below , then scrambled back onto the ladder again and started to descend . |
| 7 | He was talented enough and resourceful enough to survive it , although I think it almost devastated and destroyed him at a certain point . |
| 8 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 9 | Something which , if I lived to be two hundred years old then went and announced it at St Paul 's Cross , would rock the very throne of England and scandalise the courts of Europe ! |
| 10 | Ember seized and aimed it at the control panel beside the door and the room went as dark as it could with the little amber safety-lights glimmering in case of accident . |
| 11 | Aunt Margaret hastily took a bunch of paper roses from a bag she carried and threw them at the stage . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't forget to bring me some poteen , ’ I said and left it at that . |
| 13 | The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word . |
| 14 | Finally he stood and placed it at the head of the mound . |