Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She 's the glow that keeps together our family life my business life at the same time has always been supportive of my involvement in Round Table . |
| 2 | Even when the soil is virtually dry , spadefoot toads can remain underground for prolonged periods by maintaining their blood concentration at the correct level . |
| 3 | Some members of the jury wept as they returned their murder verdict at the Old Bailey in March 1988 . |
| 4 | The next morning , from her hotel in the Slavkoský Forest area , she looked out of her bedroom window at the tree-filled hills that surrounded Mariánské Láznë , and had no appetite then either . |
| 5 | If the incident reflects badly on the operating practices of pilots , engineers or airlines — for instance , if a dangerous situation arises because the pilots failed to use their check list at the appropriate time or a supervisory engineer fails to double check the work of a mechanic on an important component such as a primary unit in the flying controls — it is unlikely that the matter is going to be reported voluntarily in view of the inevitable consequences of disciplinary action on the part of management or at the very least a ‘ black mark ’ against the offender which will be likely to prejudice his career . |
| 6 | Rosie lived with her bachelor brother at the other end of the town . |
| 7 | ‘ And of course , when Madame was still with us I used to enjoy her Tarte Tatin at the eponymous hotel … . ’ |
| 8 | Greatly outnumbered , the ducks would abandon their foraging mission and beat a hasty retreat to their island stronghold at the slightest sign of trouble . |
| 9 | If you are a community nurse , you will obviously not give all your clients with diabetes their morning insulin at the same time , but you may well attend to those needing insulin before going on to visit people with other needs . |
| 10 | It is significantly variable with its peak flux at the four epochs 22 June 1984 , 25 May 1986 , 8 May 1992 and 11 July 1992 being 23.2 , 18.4 , 19.8 and 21.5 , mJy respectively . |
| 11 | It was clear that the Government were not able to get their legislation right at the first attempt . |
| 12 | However , the policy of equal treatment is now firmly on the agenda and it is only a matter of time before men and women will be entitled to their State pension at the same age . |
| 13 | Keeping its eye on what HP was up to with its latest Snake , see page three , Sun was still dickering with its pricing schedule at the eleventh hour last week . |
| 14 | So opens Ronald Harwood 's new play , which received its world premiere at the Civic last night at the start of a tour that will take it into London 's West End . |
| 15 | YOUNG scientists from Pindar School in Scarborough got a taste of university life as they mugged up their GCSE science at the soon-to-be University of Teesside . |
| 16 | Then he was down on the sidewalk , rolling into the shadows for cover and tugging his automatic from its shoulder holster at the same time . |
| 17 | Edna enlarged upon how well Karen had done at college , how , although she was the youngest in her family , she was always being called upon whenever she was at home to help out with other people 's children , how she had passed her driving test at the first attempt . |
| 18 | GRAN Dot Ransom , former mayoress of Warwick , has passed her driving test at the first attempt — at the age of 70 . |
| 19 | Then , with some breaks ( nothing from 1918 , 1922 and 1923 ) , we go through to 1924 , when at Covent Garden she sang her first Marschallin on stage , making history and her house début at the same time . |
| 20 | ( vii ) In every case it is made clear to the prisoner from the information supplied to him that he may not be recommended for release at the end of his tariff period at the first or any subsequent review . |
| 21 | GRAHAM TAYLOR has laid his England future at the uncertain feet of Nigel Clough and John Barnes against the Americans in Boston tonight . |
| 22 | GRAHAM TAYLOR has laid his England future at the uncertain feet of Nigel Clough and John Barnes against the Americans in Boston tonight . |
| 23 | Gavin Turk , who attracted notice for erecting , as his only contribution to his degree show at the Royal College of Art a year ago , a blue English Heritage plaque announcing that he had been working in his studio for two years , is having a first exhibition at an apartment in Docklands , opposite Canary Wharf ( 1–31 July ; by appointment only , call 071–274 0041 ) . |
| 24 | DING-DUNG BATTLE : Farmer Cannon blasts away with his muck spreader at the wrong target — and the council 's housing department is covered with four tons of smelly slurry |
| 25 | If a form HO/RT/1 is issues and the driver elects to produce the document at a distant police station it is good practice to also request the suspected driver to produce his registration document at the same time . |
| 26 | If the handler can manage to hold the horse properly , and feed it lucerne hay at the same time , a successful shoeing is more likely . |
| 27 | He was presented with his Fellowship certificate at the annual convention by president Barry Istid , along with two other long-serving members whose election as Fellows had already been announced — typographical consultant Tom Dawson and former BAIE News editor Valerie Shepard , who now edits BS 's international employee magazine , Shield . |
| 28 | A crash behind her made her turn and she saw the enraged old man had hurled his soup dish at the far wall where it hit the pretty paper and ran in thin trickles down onto the pale-grey carpet . |
| 29 | George , 50 , had to pay £10 from his prize money at the annual leek show at Northallerton , North Yorks . |
| 30 | Mr Bresslaw , who was 59 , collapsed in his dressing room at the Open Air Theatre in Regent 's Park , central London , and died later in University College Hospital . |