Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beryl 's words had impressed him at the time because they summed up his own vague feeling that what had happened and what was happening might be consequences of the old man 's cynical , even malicious contrivings . |
| 2 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 3 | Yeah , cos I might , I might see you at the station if you get the train . |
| 4 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 5 | The father went on : ‘ I believe she said he had stopped breathing for a couple of seconds , and if we had n't had him at the hospital when it happened we would have more than likely lost him . ’ |
| 6 | But I really did like it at the end when he got back with his mother and the rest of the family and they had a lovely Christmas with hundreds of presents . |
| 7 | No-one usin' it at the time so that was lucky too . ’ |
| 8 | She could never face him at the party if she did n't know where she stood — did n't know whether or not he had rejected her apology or was prepared to be friendly . |
| 9 | If you ca n't hear me at the back because my voice drops from time to time then shout away because I 'm not always aware of how well it carries . |
| 10 | ‘ What are you going to do today ? ’ he enquired , joining her at the table as without further ceremony they got on with breakfast . |
| 11 | ‘ There is a telephone call for you , Miss Kingsdale , ’ he smiled , and quickly added , ‘ You can take it at the desk if you wish . ’ |
| 12 | Ah , well you 'll have to take it up there then , you 'd be better off joining it at the back if you 're gon na join it |
| 13 | And if Unix is destined to dominate mainstream data processing , does n't it make sense to run it at the desktop as well — why have two different — and ultimately competing — operating system worlds when the expressed ideal is to have everything working seamlessly together from desktop to the multiprocessor servers that threaten to supplant the monolithic mainframe ? |
| 14 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 15 | When I met her at the airport after she flew in to London from Los Angeles recently , I caught my breath when I saw her because she just looked so lovely . |
| 16 | No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say . |
| 17 | I saw her at the window when we arrived . |
| 18 | I hardly know what I meant to do — confront him , accuse him , bring it home to him that hellfire awaited him at the reckoning if he did not confess his sin and pay the price of it now . ’ |
| 19 | But then if you did it at the stage before , before it gets into the Scottish Theatre Guide you can then make your dates available or you can agree your dates and you can get publicity and that at home . |
| 20 | She left them at the studio when she called and I have n't her name or address . |
| 21 | ‘ Wants us to join him at the mortuary as soon as we can … |
| 22 | Devlin majority 774 votes says third runner-up in the 1987 General Election , Labour 's John Scott , might pip him at the post if ‘ the anti-Labour vote is split . ’ |
| 23 | See you at the party if not before . |
| 24 | It 's like , with Sharon Stone , even at the end she was still dependent on Michael Douglas , like , when he was going she was crying and she could n't kill him at the end cos she loved him so much and , you know what I mean , so no , Body of Evidence , it 'll probably have a rubbish end and she 'll probably marry the lawyer or something , but it was still good to see her beat , tying a man up , putting candle wax on him and shit . |
| 25 | Well I 've ordered it at the library because they did n't have , they used to , but it 's gone . |