Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And everyone froze at the Las Vegas meeting to view triumphant Nina 's outfit . |
| 2 | The stones at its margins were bleached like bones and nothing grew at the water 's edge except rank thickets of bamboo . |
| 3 | And Joe waited , cruelly , and nothing happened at the other end of the line . |
| 4 | ‘ Everyone was looking for reasons why he left us and no-one appreciated at the time that his health was suffering . |
| 5 | ‘ Clark and I looked at the thing for five minutes and we said ‘ Wow ’ ’ , White told New Scientist . |
| 6 | Yet , directly I stepped out into the sunshine again , my superior self took over , and I looked at the matter differently . |
| 7 | Anyway , I come in ah , I went int kitchen , and I thought oh , there 's a loaf out of freezer , and I looked at the loaf but there 's only about four sandwiches in it . |
| 8 | Mala and I stared at the enlarging disc that appeared on other screens after Posi revolved the ship to bring the lateral ceptors to bear . |
| 9 | and I thought at the time it 's , it 's quite good enough just to have the idea and talk about the idea , make some drawings and |
| 10 | And I thought at the time , oh I 'd not done anything about it , |
| 11 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 12 | And I booked at the Claremont which is , twenty eight pounds . |
| 13 | If the Thamesdown one did n't , er , the officers for their own reasons have separated out this particular er , activity , erm , and I felt at the time that it was unreasonable to give a hundred percent funding to er , most C A B's but not to one . |
| 14 | And there he was , I went to look and I saw at the end there , a big pile of erm earth fresh earth you know . |
| 15 | I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate . |
| 16 | About 8 p.m. that evening Taff and I sat at the side of our slit trench eating what I thought was a rather dubious lump of meat . |
| 17 | The man and I prodded at the pile of crap on the table . |
| 18 | And I wondered at the beauty of what I saw . |
| 19 | D. A. I used to be on an adjoining beat in Cressington Park and I started at the park gates at one side of the road and there was a policeman on the other side of the road — you would n't cross the road to talk to him … you were n't allowed to talk to the public — that was gossiping , idling your time , failing to work your beat — three charges straight away and soon as the sergeant reported you . |
| 20 | And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine . |
| 21 | And I mentioned at the last meeting I think what has actually been said in the erm meeting I could repeat that , but I mean it confirms exactly what you 're saying . |
| 22 | I went on an induction course down in Bournemouth , which was all technical , er , I came back to see my first clients , and I cringed at the thought of it . |
| 23 | Stiff Little Fingers was my life when I was younger and I jumped at the idea of being able to do a few gigs without spending months away from home and having to worry about recording a new album as soon as we finished . |
| 24 | I signed him for Middlesbrough , and I jumped at the chance to sign him again here . |
| 25 | ‘ I finished early and I called at the library for you . |
| 26 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
| 27 | The Corporal and I shouted at the Sergeant to step on it , as the explosions were getting closer . |
| 28 | ‘ Is the candle at Paul 's church connected with the one Julia and I found at the asylum out-house ? |
| 29 | ‘ I especially liked the bit where Macaulay Culkin got covered in paint , and I cried at the end when he said he wanted his mummy for Christmas , ’ she said . |
| 30 | There was no advance planning to reach this figure and I decided at the beginning that I would not cut corners in an effort to keep within the budget . |