Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 2 | Their excellent long-distance vision spots something suspicious and they fly to it at high speed . |
| 3 | He had often told her that it was a social disadvantage having the sort of wife he could n't take anywhere , but he dropped this line when she started appearing beside him at literary lunches and old school do 's . |
| 4 | Then he gallops towards it at terrific speed . |
| 5 | You were allowed up to three visitors at a time and had to sit opposite them at individual tables . |
| 6 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 7 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 8 | Several correspondents have written to me at different times expressing the wish that we join forces in order to become more effective . |
| 9 | The telephone answering machine , and my clients ' willingness to talk to me at unusual hours of the day and night , kept me firmly in touch . |
| 10 | It was a great pleasure to talk to you at dear Crabb 's breakfast party . |
| 11 | He had not written anything he had not already said to me at different times ’ . ’ |
| 12 | But that 's because we 're looking at it at close quarters . |
| 13 | He will play for defending champions Kelburne tomorrow against DW Clydesdale and will be available to play for them at regular intervals throughout the second half of the season in addition to the finals of the European Club Championship in May . |
| 14 | Taxi driver Peter Simpson said that two cars raced past him at high speed . |
| 15 | As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows . |
| 16 | This may be the thing that the world as a whole would want to buy from them at economic rates . |
| 17 | It is essential , though , that the knowledge and skills people have are not taken from them , repackaged and sold to them at exorbitant prices . |
| 18 | Jack and Rose Hayward were attacked by two men who fired at them at close range . |
| 19 | But the long smelly trails snaking along the branches and renewed repeatedly every night , also mark out the main highways through the tree so that , if necessary , the bush babies can scamper along them at considerable speed in the pitch blackness . |
| 20 | She felt her feet trailing through the weeds that grew at the side of the track , nettles and thistles tearing her skin as she was dragged through them at high speed . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember her staying with us at Carinish Court , ’ James was saying . |
| 22 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
| 23 | On three sides of this mound there is a colonnade on a raised platform comprising sixteen evenly spaced square pillars of unhewn stone , each thirty-two feet high , linked together at the top by heavy beams with ropes and chains hanging from them at short intervals . |
| 24 | ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end . |
| 25 | The leading soccer and horserace commentators , with sometimes far more difficult foreign names coming at them at full pelt out of the fog , seem to manage wordperfectly and not give up the ghost in a surfeit of sniggers . |
| 26 | The track was like a tin roof , with corrugations running across it at right angles six inches deep . |
| 27 | It would control referrals to providers outside the district and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 28 | It would also control patient referrals to providers outside the district and would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 29 | It would control referrals to providers outside the District and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
| 30 | If you have a query about anything concerning the outdoor world why not write to us at Outdoor Action ? |