Example sentences of "[pers pn] at every " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan hated them because they implied that he was terribly little and when you are terribly little you do n't want the world to keep pointing it out to you at every opportunity . |
| 2 | ‘ Forwards hit you at every opportunity and my problem was to remember to expect physical contact . |
| 3 | Windscreen washers greet you at every corner , and if you give money , lean into your car window , shouting ‘ We a one blood ! ’ , the words ringing with pride . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's time Dana took responsibility for her own life , instead of turning to you at every imagined crisis , ’ Myra said . |
| 5 | It is obviously sensible , given your knowledge of the sector , to utilise you [ and your in house experts ] in the search process and we will very much welcome feedback from you at every stage of the search process . |
| 6 | ‘ Forgive me , my dear , ’ he ground out , ignoring the scarlet imprint on the side of his face , ‘ it seems I misread you at every turn — how extraordinary ! |
| 7 | ‘ You like your girlfriend to be with you at every Grand Prix ? ’ |
| 8 | One visitor , unimpressed , wrote : ‘ Jet meets you at every turn and in every shape . |
| 9 | Then she added in a confiding tone : ‘ Of course , she was not much with her husband really — and I think that helps — she is n't reminded of him at every turn , like an ordinary widow would be . ’ |
| 10 | She recognised this and took care to build up his self-confidence by involving him at every stage of the planning for the move . |
| 11 | As he moved backwards and forwards she thrust her hips up to meet him at every stroke , a jumble of feelings and emotions raging through them both . |
| 12 | Mr Yeltsin 's dilemma is that , to continue with economic reform , he has to get rid of the present parliament , which is blocking him at every turn . |
| 13 | THE STUDENT The student must make sure he understands what is required of him at every point — what the tone marks mean , what basic attitude the tone group reflects — and it is important that he always keeps this in mind . |
| 14 | It is not merely that there are portraits of him at every turn , for there are almost as many of Inglis , nor could it be claimed that he was the greatest lawyer , for he had many rivals for that title even in his own generation , yet it is beyond argument that he was the most influential advocate ever to walk the floor of Parliament House . |
| 15 | His head was throbbing and his body was a bruise radiating from a single abscess of pain that cut through him at every step . |
| 16 | She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity . |
| 17 | One of the boarders was a clergyman , the Reverend Baron from Cheshire , and he , finding her at every turn with the Bible open , praised her devotion , which released from her such loud protestations of her unworthiness that he was stopped in his tracks . |
| 18 | Alex attended a similar establishment for boys ten miles away and visited her at every weekend exeat . |
| 19 | ‘ It is necessary to have connections , you do not understand , ’ she told me when I remarked on the fact , though even the normally impassive Czechs leapt to their feet and gallantly opened doors for her at every available opportunity . |
| 20 | He annoyed her in many ways — mostly by his incurable facetiousness , which went down very badly with her girl friends , and by his desire to undress her at every possible opportunity . |
| 21 | The Princesse stepped in to defend her at every turn . |
| 22 | Katherine 's very presence seemed to provoke her at every turn . |
| 23 | He looked for her and came to talk to her at every possible moment , at milking , butter-making , cheese-making , among chickens and among pigs . |
| 24 | So far she had gained the distinct impression that being angry and obnoxious with her suited him just fine — he positively revelled in deriding her at every opportunity . |
| 25 | For example , she considered Yardley 's Foundation Cream highly desirable , and would purchase it at every shop where it was to be found , with the consequence that she must have had dozens of pots stored , all drying up , in the limited accommodation provided in her billet . |
| 26 | Yet the main character says it at every opportunity — that , and ‘ silly old moi ’ . |
| 27 | They revel in their bloodlust and gratify it at every opportunity . |
| 28 | Both groups purport to find their principle validated within the criminal law but both tend to assume that they have found the master principle and seek to defend it at every turn . |
| 29 | From a pocket he drew a small cylindrical probe , and he stalked slowly around the room with it , pointing it at every piece of furniture and ornamentation with a sensitive ear tuned to the probe 's faint hum . |
| 30 | Yet her work touched on it at every point ; and without such experience , without the knowledge of such suffering — if suffering it was — what authority did she possess to speak a word of meaning in the world ? |