Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she let it down and tied it at the nape of her neck with a scarf . |
| 2 | It was one of those cosmic accidents which are no accident , that the next day , when she called in at a bookshop to look for some more Morris titles , she should find on the same shelf the total output of Professor M. L. Vaughan ; and among the rest his : Aurae Phiala : A Pleasure City of the Second Century A.D. She took it down and opened it at random , and the prose caught her by its incandescent fervour . |
| 3 | It put the wind up me , to tell you the truth , so I 've just brought Hawkbit along and left it at that . " |
| 4 | She walked over and joined him at the table . |
| 5 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
| 6 | I picked it up and aimed it at him . |
| 7 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
| 8 | At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car . |
| 9 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 10 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 11 | He picked it up and opened it at random . |
| 12 | Kim picked the book up and opened it at random , then handed it back to Hammond . |
| 13 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 14 | In interview , he said he was outside the public house when Mr. Gilbert pulled a bottle out and swung it at him . |
| 15 | The Athenians came out and fought them at Tanagra ( 457 ) ; the Spartans first won but then Athens retrieved this defeat under Myronides at Oinophyta two months later . |