Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , everything that Hewlett-Packard is doing looks right : it has won itself a reputation of taking better care of its customers , an example being the way it is not forcing its MPE users to move to Unix , instead letting them migrate at their own pace . |
| 2 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 3 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |
| 4 | Each source contributed to the attempt to understand what dementia sufferers needed in order to help them stay at home . |
| 5 | As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge . |
| 6 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 7 | Although Jeff making me laugh at myself was the beginning of the end of my depression , it was n't enough to persuade me to stay . |
| 8 | Peter does n't make me laugh at all . |
| 9 | We must let them know at the station , or there will be an awful accident . ’ |
| 10 | She saw them glance at each other and exchange a conspiratorial arching of the eyebrows , compounded in Miller 's case by the faintest of nods . |
| 11 | So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution . |
| 12 | So was old Jacko , who 'd made me re-write at Thrills piece twice and still did n't run it . |
| 13 | I have preferred Irish humour ever since I heard of the Dublin man visiting London who wrote to his wife … ‘ and if you do not receive this letter you are to let me know at once ! ’ |
| 14 | Please let me know at least two days in advance so that I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 15 | Oh right , so let me know at the end of the week . |
| 16 | Perhaps you could let me know at the meeting next Wednesday . |
| 17 | Well if you let me know at the meeting then I 'll . . |
| 18 | If you let me know at the meeting and . |
| 19 | Well let me know at the meeting . |
| 20 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 21 | I 'll I think at least four particular areas where the United Kingdom has decided not to , as it were , take the full specification . |
| 22 | Very rarely do I eat at home . |
| 23 | Why should I laugh at you ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Mum , can I stay at Julie 's ? |
| 25 | And I 'm going as slow as I can go and I 'm just taking everything in , and I 'm unwinding , I 'm relaxing mentally and physically as I do it because that 's what I feel I need at the moment , and having that ability is good . |
| 26 | Why do I baulk at it ? |
| 27 | What would I do at home all day ? ’ |
| 28 | I am no great linguist but I still ca n't see how both Menes are represented , nor can I understand at all , how Daniel could have drawn from these three apparently simple words his full translation : ‘ God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it . |
| 29 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
| 30 | Nor can I look at the way in which this view of faith and reason has influenced contemporary Christian thinking , both mainstream and among the evangelical or fundamentalist groups where it is most in evidence . |