Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Losberne , of course , was full of immediate plans to rush round London arresting all the gang and hanging them at once . |
| 2 | Men often ‘ raise questions , and multiply disputes , which never coming to any clear resolution , are proper only to continue and increase their doubts , and to confirm them at last in perfect scepticism ’ . |
| 3 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 4 | Harry takes the matchstick out of his mouth and points it at Howard . |
| 5 | Having seen and heard him at Buxton , I find it hard to believe claims that he did not solo the South Face of Lhotse : claims , in any case , which Cesen has countered with an explanation . |
| 6 | Then he took the stones from their pouch and laid them at the bottom of the Bowl . |
| 7 | There was not a needy person among them , for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ’ feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need' ( Acts 4:32 , 34–5 ) . |
| 8 | And Glenn Close 's stubborn and pain-ridden performance as Sunny makes you sad for her and hate her at the same time . |
| 9 | First , the testator takes a blank piece of paper and signs it at the bottom . |
| 10 | Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’ |
| 11 | The main duty of the foresters of fee was of course the safe keeping of vert and venison : the Forest rolls show them searching for , arresting and attaching offenders , and indicting them at the Forest Eyre . |
| 12 | And er I remembering Dad , once he bought a cherry tree , and went up to get all these here cherries off the trees , and when we got them we used to wipe them and put them in a bag , and sell them at the fairs . |
| 13 | It is possible to make a single , and sell it at your own gigs , for quite a small sum of money ( see Chapter 13 , ‘ Doing it the Right Way ’ by Horace Trubridge ) . |
| 14 | Where a book might originally sell at £15 , Smith might buy it for £1.50 and sell it at £5.50 — a profit was turned , and the public benefited . |
| 15 | No they would buy it somewhere and sell it at a profit you see . |
| 16 | So did you go and to see her at erm often |
| 17 | He was unexpectedly a man of great gaiety and to see him at a dance was an absolute delight . |
| 18 | She dived for it and levelled it at him . |
| 19 | When he got there , he pulled an enormous bell-mouthed gun — I imagine it was a blunder-buss — from his belt and levelled it at the monster . |
| 20 | She picked up a Biro off his desk and levelled it at him . |
| 21 | Gail ripped up a brochure and chucked it at Tjolle . |
| 22 | He picked a newly constructed swatch of samples up from the desk in front of him and chucked it at Antinou , who caught the flopping thing one-handed and proceeded to fondle it familiarly . |
| 23 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 24 | I made contact with Sheringham through an agent and met him at a hotel . |
| 25 | In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price . |
| 26 | If you open it up , if you do get it open , and advertise it at Boddingtons a pound a pint , get them straight to come in . |
| 27 | But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is . |
| 28 | ‘ And seeing it at night … ’ |
| 29 | Send us a cartoon or a caricature on the theme of 20th-century Oxford and we 'll publish the best two entries and display them at the Ashmolean . |
| 30 | A stout butler led Alexandra across a hall floored in gleaming yellow wood and lined with large dark paintings , and announced her at the drawing-room door . |