Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] at [art] [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 | ‘ By pushing the boat out unilaterally , ’ says Weir Group 's Ron Garrick , ‘ the Government has put us at a severe disadvantage compared with our German and American counterparts . |
| 3 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 4 | Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage . |
| 5 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 6 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
| 7 | Somehow — it did not seem diplomatic to enquire too deeply just how — he had missed her at the arranged spot . |
| 8 | Having , as a small boy , saved his pocket money to buy his mother a scarf for her birthday , he was sharply told to take it back : he had bought it at a Liberal shop . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , I 've got you at a bad moment , sorry . |
| 10 | There were the two gold and jewelled boxes Müller had sold him at a staggering profit , considering he had bought them from someone facing criminal charges , and desperate for cash . |
| 11 | It 's left them at a loose end at home . |