Example sentences of "[pron] 're at the mercy " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're at the mercy of some pilot and God knows what state they 're in , ’ he added . |
| 2 | He says you 're at the mercy of the elements and you just go where the weather takes you . |
| 3 | And you 're at the mercy of the landlord putting the rent up Brenda . |
| 4 | Like you say you 're at the mercy . |
| 5 | But of course it 's , it 's a very tough deal for women , I mean women in erm in a way really get the raw end of it because that to some extent they 're at the mercy of the whole system , even though they can if they absolutely have to . |
| 6 | The situation that , that a lot of people find themselves in nowadays , now er council housing is no longer available to an awful lot of people , is that they 're at the mercy of private landlords , and in order to have any kind of home they have to go along this sort of conditions and rent levels laid down by private landlords . |