Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 2 | They caught me at it , luckily , before I 'd gone over the edge . |
| 3 | So anyway , at Khabarovsk we were eating ice-cream — there were always ice-cream sellers on the platform — and I was taking pictures of David and sneaking pictures of the soldiers who were on the platform with us but , unfortunately , they caught us at it . |
| 4 | ‘ They telephoned you at your hotel , did n't they ? ’ |
| 5 | He 'd survived where they had eliminated some of his followers because they took him at his own estimation , a man of the cloth . |
| 6 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |
| 7 | When faced with that choice this summer , I chose to encourage people to continue to develop computerisation in primary health care rather than simply to reward directly those who did something very valuable — there is no doubt about that , or about the fact that they did it at their own risk — some years ago . |
| 8 | They held me at my house , but this is where Schmidt lives when he 's in London . |