Example sentences of "[pron] [vb pp] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If justice reigns at all , we will find ourselves barred at the first threshold of the underworld . |
| 2 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
| 3 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 4 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 5 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 6 | Had she looked at the living Rachaela as now Rachaela looked at Ruth ? |
| 7 | Have you looked at the daily chart she fills in that records all those details ? ’ asked Tom . |
| 8 | And at the main counter , er of the total amount you 've spent in the last year , both on your own stamp collection and on gifts to other collectors , which you do n't do , how much have you spent at the main counter ? |
| 9 | John 's wife Clare has to stand outside the stable on a crate with Milton 's tail over the top of the stable door and pull it from there , while John has him twitched at the front end . |
| 10 | I had them processed at the one-hour place , cost me a fortune but … |
| 11 | And should the current two vacancies within the Windsor firm find themselves listed at the local Job Centre it 's impossible to calculate how many of the nation 's three million unemployed might apply . |
| 12 | SERAFIN : ‘ From Greenwich to Westminster ’ — which I should think would involve somewhat similar considerations — ‘ even though it takes longer , even though I ca n't read or watch television to keep myself entertained at the same time , even though it demands a greater expenditure of concentration and nervous energy — and , one might possibly add , physical labour in pushing and pulling the various levers and pedals involved … ’ |
| 13 | Three of us met at the Lesbian Sex and Sexual Practice Conference in London in 1983 . |