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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She also came to talk to us at a recent training day about what the very elderly can and can not do . |
| 5 | We were looking across it at a slice-shaped building , calcined with pollution . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Those altar candles we pay so much for , we seem to be getting through them at a fair old rate . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Laura shared rooms in the small terraced house with Alice Cox , a young lady who worked with her at a local Post Office . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A part time post was created for me at a busy hospital 40 miles from home , and the arrangement worked very well . |
| 16 | Or rather , their memoirs were launched for them at a glib and glitzy party by Heinemann , the publishers . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We usually got one back saying they 'd been accepted and they 'd deal with them at a certain time you know . |
| 19 | 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 ? |