Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only heard of it at the fashion college . |
| 2 | ‘ You do enough mumbling to yourself at the back of the shop when the child 's around , but when it comes to something constructive … ’ |
| 3 | Had he not , through the magnetic influence he was able to exert even over those of his own race , personally seen to it at the Peace Conference that these Arabs were not sent unrewarded away ? |
| 4 | It deals with pains like appendicitis , coley cystitis , which is inflammation of the gall bladder — about nine different diseases — and it merely says to you at the end of the operation based on the last five or six hundred patients I 've seen , the probability of this patient having appendicitis is ninety per cent , the probability of something else being ten per cent . |
| 5 | Shakespeare 's technique , to let us into a secret that the hero will only discover for himself at the end , is a common one in playwriting and storytelling . |
| 6 | And so , to the dhobis astonishment and terror , the Collector had suddenly materialized beside him at the water-trough . |
| 7 | The explosion of joy that had suddenly burst through her at the thought of seeing him , at the thought of being with him , for a moment had overcome her senses . |
| 8 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 9 | They can literally come to you at the museum can they ? |
| 10 | So when his interest in the affair peters out and he 'd rather not bump into you at the photocopier on a daily basis , it 's you who 'll be left with a P45 and a broken heart . |
| 11 | Not only have the people never voted for the Prime Minister at the ballot box : they have consistently and persistently voted against him at the ballot box . |
| 12 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 13 | But after the marriage and the party , when it was time , the brougham was already waiting for us at the front door , I could n't bear to leave . |
| 14 | Even though it must have been obvious that he would not hold to it at the last , the threat was enough to make Stormy Petrel veer again to her original course , and though she was trying to increase speed , and was perhaps a little more powerful than Sea Otter , we , on our straight line , could hold her comfortably . |
| 15 | Can not you see him as well as myself ; Is he not sitting behind me at the bed 's head , to seize upon me for his victim , as soon as I have breathed my last ? ’ |
| 16 | I thought she would grow really angry but instead she just pushed past me at the door . |
| 17 | Financially , and for security , the English scene has a bit more going for us at the moment . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's hardly speaking to me at the moment — except to accuse me of stealing her golf-clubs . ’ |
| 19 | I remember an English don once coming to me at the end of a meeting , and saying that she had suddenly seen that evening in Jesus Christ the answer to the rather negative existentialist framework into which her life had been cast . |
| 20 | But surely there should have been more help for him at the beginning , when he first found out he carried the virus . |
| 21 | and maybe like read to them at the end of the day or whatever . |
| 22 | Mr Butner — who developed a friendly , working relationship with Diana — eventually called on her at the palace . |
| 23 | While Alex Higgins reckons snooker can seriously damage your health , Davis is positively thriving on it at the moment . |
| 24 | I know I have been but I ca n't think of one at the moment |
| 25 | No I ca n't think of anybody at the moment . |
| 26 | ‘ Jackie ca n't speak to anyone at the moment . |
| 27 | I had n't thought about it at the time |
| 28 | No you ca n't look at them at the moment . |
| 29 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 30 | Actually that was n't sung by anyone at the game on Saturday . |