Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ? |
| 4 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 5 | ‘ They stopped me at the border and arrested me . ’ |
| 6 | They approached him at a steady pace as though unconcerned by his presence , but they went in single file , Allen with his hand lying lightly on the knife at his belt and Marian carrying her bow , strung , and with an arrow ready notched , lightly and inconspicuously in her left hand . |
| 7 | Cos the mortgages and that but there 's a lot of them , and kids causing it , and Christmas was coming well you know we just , that 's when they helped us at Christmas was really fantastic yes , true I never thought anything really out of this world how the how the people helped We got toys and everything for the kids ' Christmas , everything you could think of . |
| 8 | and then er they they found it at the polic , the police station |
| 9 | ‘ They phoned me at home on a Friday evening and that night I went out to celebrate , ’ she said . |
| 10 | They caught me at it , luckily , before I 'd gone over the edge . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Leeds were on top of their game when they thrashed us at Hillsborough in January , ’ said defender Nigel Worthington . |
| 13 | After sorely abusing the corpse , they buried it at the foot of the gallows , intending the burial as a final disgrace . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , indeed , they told me at the tabac , the old building had stood until a year or so ago . |
| 17 | ‘ They told me at the desk downstairs that you were here . ’ |
| 18 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're looking a bit peaky , ’ they told her at work , and she tried desperately to conceal her fatigue . |
| 20 | They told us at school to ask a policeman if we got lost , and show him our yellow card with our name and address on it . |
| 21 | They dropped me at The Pightle door . |
| 22 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |
| 23 | ‘ The Springboks really believed that by the time they faced us at Twickenham — 12 months after the World Cup final — they would lift the crown unofficially . |
| 24 | His find was still there when they stripped him at the mortuary . ’ |
| 25 | In fact , they showed me at the back , she 's got the vertical |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ They telephoned you at your hotel , did n't they ? ’ |
| 28 | They screwed him at least once and he knows it . |
| 29 | Like me , she 'd run right out on all that ‘ old , dull , white stuff ’ they taught you at school and college . |
| 30 | Is that what they taught you at Milton Keynes ? ’ |