Example sentences of "had [verb] [pn reflx] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had gagged for hours following the ordeal , convinced that one of the dog 's hairs had lodged itself at the very back of his throat where his fingers were unable to reach . |
| 2 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 3 | A serving-maid to all intents and purposes , she had presented herself at the door which gave access to the rear stairs , the garden stairs , which led to the royal apartments . |
| 4 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 5 | Fifty people ( the other thirty had disengaged themselves at the first mention of Dickens ) were now taking tea in the gardens of the Albion Hotel under the shelter of parasols . |
| 6 | He watched Ewen steadily , while the constable , who had seated himself at the kitchen table , was taking notes . |
| 7 | His fingernails were broken and bloody from when he had thrown himself at the door and torn at it , in the moment when he realised that he had been shut into the stall , and what was going to happen next . |
| 8 | The Cheyney brothers were notable in Anglo-Italian society of the 1820s and 1830s , and were especially connected with Rome , where their mother had established herself at the Palazzo Sciarra . |