Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 2 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
| 3 | Before she undressed , Nicandra pulled back the window curtains , cold as glass in her hands , and stood between them to look out at the changed world . |
| 4 | ‘ I rarely get away from church without someone finding something for me to do up at the manor . |
| 5 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 6 | If lots of them signed up at a creditors ' meeting in London on May 27th , that could be decided quickly . |
| 7 | They leaned close momentarily then began to come forward again , slowly , looking about them , the first of them pointing up at the ruined monastery . |
| 8 | I stay a few feet behind , watching the three of them shuffle along at a ten-month-old 's pace . |
| 9 | There was a lorr of it going on at the time , y'know . |
| 10 | Buoyed by a tidal wave of beer , around 10 of us ended up at the Silver Dollar saloon , a noisy local landmark full of cowboys . |
| 11 | In the case of regression to earlier times in your present life , there will be enough evidence for you to check on at a later date , even if you are not actually aware of specific people or events . |
| 12 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'd expect you to stay a couple of years , but obviously there 's going to be no pressure on you to move on at the end of that period . |
| 14 | The spoilt , black-haired girl sitting beside him staring out at the river . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought such as He died out at the beginnings of Time , ’ she said . |
| 16 | He said , said you were just standing there and all of a sudden he said you looked at me looked back at the wall just went pee he said it 's all come out , it 's all splattered all over the wall he said , you did your fly up , wiped your mouth , washed your hands and went out again as if nothing had happened . |