Example sentences of "at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Waiting down below for us , I should n't wonder — wanting us to get a move on so ‘ s 'e can keep 'is hand in at 'is old trade ! |
| 2 | St John , who I had never heard laugh before , actually laughed out loud at my shocked face . |
| 3 | It 's again to the gentleman bidding at my right now . |
| 4 | On the readjustment of industry , at my right hon. Friend 's request Scottish Enterprise has established a defence industries initiative to help businesses and local enterprise companies exploit existing defence markets and develop diversification strategies . |
| 5 | Yesterday , the Prime Minister had a go at my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition for having changed his position . |
| 6 | I would n't let anyone see them , not even Cal — they 're part of me — I would n't show them around any more than I 'd lie flat on my back while they slit me open and stared at my pulsating innards . |
| 7 | I am much more concerned at my apparent lack of ability to convey what I mean . |
| 8 | He would nod in reply , and I would creep away , sniggering at my tiny cruelty , pleased that I was not quite such a nice young man as he might have imagined . |
| 9 | One bird drifts overhead and I swear it is gazing at my quill-like yellow boat as I am gazing at its white tail . |
| 10 | He said , he was going to throw this car thing at my hi fi thing . |
| 11 | After presenting me with a bag of tomatoes , she glanced at my mangled leg and made the pronouncement . |
| 12 | ‘ It feels great to win at my seventh attempt , ’ he added . |
| 13 | Looking at my early field-work now I would ask different questions : ‘ Why was the union acting against the interests of its members ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I felt good , though perhaps I 'm not at my best yet . ’ |
| 15 | Reed disarmingly describes himself as ‘ nearly six feet tall and 13 stones when I 'm at my best ’ , but the banners appeared in force all the same . |
| 16 | Reed disarmingly describes himself as ‘ nearly six feet tall and 13 stones when I 'm at my best ’ , but the banners appeared in force all the same . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope it is n't in the cathedral , ’ he said mournfully , ‘ I am never at my best in churches . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not at my best at parties . |
| 19 | I 'm not at my best first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 20 | Wright said : ‘ I recognised that , in the previous two games , I had not been at my best . |
| 21 | ‘ I was not at my best . |
| 22 | I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem . |
| 23 | He 's scored four in just five starts , and said : ‘ It 's been a good start but I still do n't think I 've been at my best . ’ |
| 24 | She did n't win so well at York , but I 'd have to admit I was n't at my best there . |
| 25 | My head ached dully and altogether I was n't at my best . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not at my best at two in the morning . ’ |
| 27 | I have n't felt so good about my game since 1987 when I was at my best . |
| 28 | How many times have you heard people say , I 'm really at my best when I 'm challenged . |
| 29 | You know , when the chips are down , when the deadline gets near , that 's when I work at my best . |
| 30 | I 'm not at my best in red , so you could say I was not on top of the world . ’ |