Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | With his shorts flapping around his knees and his wispy , thinning hair he was almost a caricature of a footballer , but Wally could mesmerise his opposing full-back or swerve past him at a deceptive pace , before putting across an accurate , teasing centre . |
2 | Is that the case and , if so , what can we do about it at an early stage ? |
3 | Is that the case and , if so , what can we do about it at an early stage ? |
4 | With a hiss , the double-sided door began to close , just as the figure of Mahon turned the corner and came after them at a terrifying speed . |
5 | They called to him twice before he heard , and then he started and came after them at a rapid walk , like a man driven by some urgent pain he could not slough off . |
6 | She also came to talk to us at a recent training day about what the very elderly can and can not do . |
7 | Behind they heard the death screams of the abandoned mules , and their steeds accelerated even more whilst the grey ghosts of Murtach 's wolves darted beside them at an impossible speed . |
8 | We were looking across it at a slice-shaped building , calcined with pollution . |
9 | She had her back to the entrance of the garden and was looking across it at a small orchard whose fruit never found its way to the rector 's table , always being pilfered by the small street arabs of the district . |
10 | It was confirmed on Aug. 14 that the small right-wing National Smallholders ' Party led by Imre Boross had reached agreement with the Independent Smallholders ' Party — from which it had split in December 1989 [ see p. 37739 ] — and would reunite with it at an unspecified date in the future . |
11 | ‘ Those altar candles we pay so much for , we seem to be getting through them at a fair old rate . |
12 | That much Miguel had volunteered to her at an early stage . |
13 | The take or place booking means that the client will be offered a room if there has been a ‘ no show ’ or cancellation , and failing that accommodation will be found for them at a comparable hotel , usually within the same chain of hotels . |
14 | Oh , sure , about as safe as a shield of plastic wrap would make her feel if a bear were charging towards her at a full gallop . |
15 | Laura shared rooms in the small terraced house with Alice Cox , a young lady who worked with her at a local Post Office . |
16 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
17 | Somebody thought of it at an editorial conference , and Muggins here had to ring round all these celebrities to get comments . |
18 | That 's the man he is , ’ said Adam abruptly , and strode before them at a furious pace towards the guest-house , pursued by the pain he could not outdistance . |
19 | By this means a government can ensure that part of the supply of foreign exchange is surrendered to it at a low price to be used to satisfy the demands of privileged groups , including itself , while the remainder is left for more or less free disposal by the recipient enterprises , either on an official market at a more favourable rate , or on a free or ‘ black ’ market . |
20 | Crown lawyers told the jury that Marsh handed out a booklet called Cancer and Aids : Any Hope Left For Us at a gay pub in London . |
21 | Gooch watched Akram 's bowling as closely as a surgeon at the operating table , the ball flashing across him at an acute angle against the backdrop of a dramatic dark-blue sky . |
22 | It was the Guga Hunters who had chartered Viking to land the men and supplies ' on Sula Sgeir and return for them at a specified date . |
23 | A part time post was created for me at a busy hospital 40 miles from home , and the arrangement worked very well . |
24 | Or rather , their memoirs were launched for them at a glib and glitzy party by Heinemann , the publishers . |
25 | Frank Cole of the Daily Telegraph wrote of Chapman : ‘ If you sat near him at a big match … you realized the intense earnestness of the man . |
26 | We usually got one back saying they 'd been accepted and they 'd deal with them at a certain time you know . |
27 | Do you ever think about a disasters as erm an individual level or do you just deal with them at a large-scale , national group level ? |