Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Story of my life , ’ he growls when a red declines to go into a pocket for the simple reason that he has hit it at the wrong angle . |
| 2 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 3 | We hope to see you at the grand final in London . |
| 4 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 5 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 6 | Muscles yes , you 've got to er if you 're going to build power into muscles you 've got to , you 've got to give the load to those particular muscles and you 've got to do it at the right load . |
| 7 | As well as receiving your letters , we like to meet you at the Royal Show , reader workshops and garden visits . |
| 8 | Moses , for instance , was a whimpering mass of inferiority as God began to commission him at the burning bush . |
| 9 | For a new act , I would have to pitch them at the right venue for their type of music . |
| 10 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
| 11 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 12 | Many are offered in garden centres and shops , loose or prepacked , from February onwards , but care must be taken to plant them at the right time or thy may fail . |
| 13 | If you continue working , say for an additional five years , your pension will then be 45 per cent higher than if you had started taking it at the normal age . |
| 14 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
| 15 | Somehow — it did not seem diplomatic to enquire too deeply just how — he had missed her at the arranged spot . |
| 16 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 17 | ‘ We got the two goals back , but you have to stop them at the other end as well . |