Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Look , I 've got you at a bad moment , sorry . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 's left them at a loose end at home . |