Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect . |
| 2 | My Dad met us at the airport and , of course , the first thing that I wanted to do was to see my younger brother Russell . |
| 3 | My son took him at his word and went into travel for three years . |
| 4 | ‘ My grandfather had signed his own death warrant , though only my mother knew it at the time . ’ |
| 5 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 6 | Allitt fed her at 12.30pm and her parents collected her at 4pm . |
| 7 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 8 | Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent . |
| 9 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 10 | They stood her in good stead when her father enrolled her at her next school , Riddlesworth Hall , two hours ' drive from Park House . |
| 11 | Once amongst the world 's greatest blue-water navigators , guided by wave patterns and the clues in seaweed and bird droppings , the Bugis had now lost so much confidence in their old ways that they had been reduced to coast-hugging , on the principle that if their ships sank they at least had a chance of making it ashore alive . |
| 12 | Her coldness struck him at once . |
| 13 | Behind her Rose followed her at a wheezing trot , keeping up with her , until she suddenly mastered the antiquated machine , and sped away , feeling like a Swiss mountaineer with his St Bernard dog , setting off on his errand of mercy . |
| 14 | As Primrose and her brother rejoined them at the table , Madeleine continued to pursue her own thoughts . |
| 15 | Her mother held her at arm 's length and examined her like a piece of merchandise , turning her this way and that , searching for concealed flaws . |
| 16 | His knights took him at his word . |
| 17 | His words surprised her at first , then anger took over — an anger so intense that she was prepared to walk out of her marriage and do irreparable damage to the Royal Family . |
| 18 | ‘ There must have been other women , ’ Jenna began mournfully , but his lips silenced her at once and he kissed her possessively until she began to tremble all over again . |
| 19 | Er , there 's a suggestion that he had mild epilepsy , and they tried to keep it quite , and his father tutored him at home . |
| 20 | ‘ No , his analyst told me at a party in New York . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And , lady — ’ His voice stopped her at the door . |
| 22 | His mother met him at the back door . |
| 23 | Nigel started a kind of evening shift , that you was there with your kids during the day and then your husband got them at night and you come out and worked at nights , so it |
| 24 | Our Sally got them at erm |
| 25 | Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh . |