Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | How else could Pybus afford to dine out at Pahdra 's take-away and gain exclusive use of his portable telephone on Saturday afternoons to call the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve hotline ? |
| 2 | Many of them used to meet regularly at Shirreff 's wine bar under Ludgate Circus where , despite a lifelong stammer , Lewis more than held his own ; he was indeed described by Belloc as the wittiest man he had ever known . |
| 3 | His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often . |
| 4 | Of course , he had said he was going to help out at MacDowell 's Dad 's wallpaper shop . |
| 5 | At a wall corner I stopped to look back at Thwaite 's collection of stone houses shimmering in the dale . |
| 6 | A whole host of emotions warring for supremacy — confusion , hurt , anger — she continued to stare unseeingly at Leo 's sister . |
| 7 | I 'd like him to look specifically at Personnel 's computing problems among other things . |
| 8 | But she had to turn up at Maggie 's school in her working clothes . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact , they were given every encouragement by the Ulster coach , chairman of selectors , and important people at an Irish level to stay on at Queen 's . ’ |
| 10 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 11 | Fyfe , MTM 's former managing director , has become the City 's tip to take over at MTM 's Hutton Rudby base . |
| 12 | ‘ Get stuck into each other , you two , ’ shouted Trentham , but although Charlie started to jab away at Tommy 's chest he made no attempt to inflict any real pain . |
| 13 | Jack continued to gaze down at Ken 's blank face . |