Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've obviously caught you at a bad moment .
2 ‘ The money we 'll get for the house , if we 're lucky enough to sell it at a good price , will just about pay the bills . ’
3 The problem that exists is that factions of governors who are members of the European Central Bank and who disagree with its policies may join together to frustrate them at the national level .
4 These are waters which do not , as a rule , produce big bream , for with so many mouths to share the available food there is only enough to maintain them at a low body weight .
5 This E S R D really is the bible and we have specified the aircraft to meet that E S R D and not anything extra , er obviously if one of the four nations wants to build a nuclear role into the aircraft that becomes a very big political question first and foremost and we have just not considered it at the technical level at all because it 's er it 's not in the requirement .
6 I think you just caught him at a bad moment .
7 My cousins , & his wife , , sailed from Victoria , via Vancouver to spend a day with us in Seattle ( we had already met them at an all-family-reunion wedding in Cheltenham in August . ) .
8 Assessments of the permissible level of incidental catch should be based on the desirability of returning dolphin stocks to original levels , not holding them at a depleted level through a continuation of a high level of incidental kill .
9 He pointed up the fairway and said : ‘ Just hit it at the wee stone marker . ’
10 In considering Lanfranc 's letter of 1072 , we were faced with the question : Why did he not produce them at the papal court ?
11 Even though your school may not have the most modern and well equipped building set in extensive playing fields serving a prosperous suburb this need not put you at a great disadvantage in marketing the school .
12 Sir , May I express through your columns Sends a Cow 's gratitude to the many people in our beleaguered industry who generously supported us at the Royal Show this year .
13 Both the Aurora Hotel and Labrador Inn were fully booked and the cab driver finally deposited them at the Royal Inn .
14 In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates .
15 If she does , you never know , you could still find her at the old gym , this time in the Band .
16 ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year .
17 ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year .
18 He also fitted it at the top end of the door .
19 Gaily followed them at a discreet distance and watched as they lowered Miss Faith Lavender into her last resting place .
20 Ray Talbot has had an Omua pump on test for 18 months , and now sells them at The Real McKoi .
21 I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital .
22 Please ring me at the above number and I will meet you in Paris to escort you to the hospital .
23 I mean a , I 've been throwing mine away now we ca n't get them at the other farm , I mean and I said if we do , we 'd better keep
24 In support of a recent complaint it had made to the EC Commission , Tretorn cites Article 85(1) ( d ) and Article 86(c) of the Treaty of Rome , which refers to ‘ dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties , thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage .
25 A non-exclusive list of examples of such abuses is provided : ( a ) directly or indirectly imposing unfair purchase or selling prices or other unfair trading conditions ; ( b ) limiting production , markets or technical development to the prejudice of consumers ; ( c ) applying dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties , thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage ; ( d ) making the conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations which , by their nature or according to commercial usage , have no connection with the subject of such contracts .
26 If you if you need to do something about it , then er in order to secure that order for a hundred , then sell them at the old price .
27 ‘ I persuaded her once or twice to meet me at the ruined tower .
28 If the helicopter is moving , to stop it you must apply an opposite control movement and then remove it at the precise moment that the helicopter stops .
29 He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands .
30 This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment .
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