Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teams each had to prepare a menu for 50 diners under the added pressure of working in glass-fronted kitchens so visitors could watch them at work . |
| 2 | Ruth could imagine him at sale rooms , carefully handling dusty china , gently touching worn , cracked furniture , grey eyes seeming to question himself inwardly as he gazed ; he would rarely fail , she thought , in spotting what was truly valuable . |
| 3 | Systemic application and Bordeaux mixture in the dormant period should keep it at bay . |
| 4 | ‘ My grandad was a bronco buster when he was younger , ’ William used to tell them at school , and they 'd scoffed , even Preston , who was meant to be his Minder . |
| 5 | Other people may accept it at face value . |
| 6 | Most routine sale and purchase orders will not give rise to such firm commitments , as the entity could cancel them at will without incurring a severe penalty . |
| 7 | Drug use can put us at risk of getting or passing on HIV through unsafe sex and through sharing works |
| 8 | But sometimes the Earl would ring me at home at night and ask me to drive back to Althorp because the Countess was in floods of tears . |
| 9 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 10 | So , with your agreement , Sir Vivien , your aunt and your uncle will entertain you at dinner chez vous . ’ |
| 11 | Computers are not used in the primary school although some children may have them at home . |
| 12 | However , there are two groups of women whose marital status can put them at risk of poverty in old age because of their inability to qualify for dependants ' benefits . |
| 13 | The Senator also proposed an interim bureaucratic manoeuvre to head off the seminar : ‘ I genuinely fear that if the seminar is held the VEC will put itself at risk because you are giving a platform to people who are not sincere . |
| 14 | Experimenters can change them at will and the bee will never be fooled . |
| 15 | The essence of such a tenancy is that either party may determine it at will . |