Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pollexton dynasty had finished by 1747 , and from then on various relations spurned Mothecome until eventually they sold it at the end of the eighteenth century to a Mildmay forbear . |
| 2 | Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ? |
| 3 | ‘ They stopped me at the border and arrested me . ’ |
| 4 | and then er they they found it at the polic , the police station |
| 5 | After sorely abusing the corpse , they buried it at the foot of the gallows , intending the burial as a final disgrace . |
| 6 | It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre . |
| 7 | They told me at the hospital that you 've worked with him in the past , so I thought you might be able to help me with my general enquiries . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , indeed , they told me at the tabac , the old building had stood until a year or so ago . |
| 9 | ‘ They told me at the desk downstairs that you were here . ’ |
| 10 | They dropped me at The Pightle door . |
| 11 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |
| 12 | His find was still there when they stripped him at the mortuary . ’ |
| 13 | In fact , they showed me at the back , she 's got the vertical |
| 14 | They telephoned me at the St. Ermin 's Hotel , where Mollie and I were staying while our house in Smith Square was under repair , to pledge their support . |
| 15 | The challenge which Gandhi posed to the British , as they perceived it at the time , was not to their consciences but to their authority . |
| 16 | They heard it at the beginning rather than at the end . |
| 17 | It 's what they baptized her at the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 18 | So I just stood there while they shouted " Jolly hockey sticks , " across as her , and then Kevin started them off singing , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … , " ever so softly , to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " till her bus came , and then they sang it at the tops of their voices as she staggered onto the bus and moved down to the back seat . |
| 19 | Well they took her at the there was a I was gon na give one . |
| 20 | They saw him at the same time as he realised he had n't understood what the man had said . |
| 21 | Individuals were given the opportunity to achieve much for themselves but too often they did it at the expense of others . |
| 22 | They nursed him at the Priory and interrogated him there . |
| 23 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 24 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |