Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I felt dreadful about it , and one morning I went to see my godfather at the Admiralty and begged him to get me into the Navy . |
| 2 | The limit to which the RCM was prepared to go in this matter was revealed in March 1939 , when Grunpeter was told that his salary was to be held to £2 a week , a sum ‘ which will make it impossible to continue my work at the camp as resident minister ’ . |
| 3 | Among the painted sculptures from the first decade of his activity as an abstract artist are ‘ Midday ’ ( 1960 , MOMA , New York ) , ) , ‘ Prairie ’ ( 1967 , NGA , Washington ) and ‘ Early One Morning ’ ( 1962 ) which the Tate Gallery was persuaded to loan only after Caro had agreed to supervise its restoration at the end of the exhibition . |
| 4 | In the Lancashire Ladies League last year 's winners Liverpool have beaten Marple 5-0 to establish their position at the top . |
| 5 | DEPORTIVO Coruna underlined their Spanish championship aspirations by thrashing Real Sociedad 5-1 yesterday to consolidate their position at the top of the league . |
| 6 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 7 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 8 | Arguments of this kind normally started from the assumption that the powers of Europe were still in a ‘ state of nature ’ with respect to each other and that each of them was engaged , consciously or not , in a ceaseless struggle to increase its influence at the expense of its neighbours . |
| 9 | It did n't take long for Bangor to increase their lead at the start of the second half , McCartney rifling a shot home after 48 minutes following an excellent build up involving McCallan and Surgeon . |
| 10 | In 1984 he married a French woman , and the following year travelled to France to try his hand at the colour photography which seemed so popular in European magazines . |
| 11 | Despite pleas from his mother , Jackie was next to try his hand at the sport . |
| 12 | Isabelle and Eric 's idea of a good night is to listen to music together or for Eric to write his poetry at the coffee table . |
| 13 | ‘ I promise you , Ranulf , I will think on the matter , ’ Athelstan replied , trying to hide his amusement at the thought of St Erconwald 's full of tarry-hooded rat-catchers , all looking like Ranulf . |
| 14 | This year 38pc of students at the college 's six ‘ partner ’ high schools in Birkenhead have elected to continue their education at the college . |
| 15 | His orders were obeyed by more than 450 competitors but about 30 — they were apparently reluctant to lose their position at the head of the race - steeplechased over the two closed barriers and carried on running . |
| 16 | As you are aware , section 225 of the Act provides for certain laws to lose their effect at the end of 1979 , and a recent circular has been issued by the Secretary of State in this connection . |
| 17 | The devaluation of sterling was accompanied by a grudging American agreement that Britain should be allowed to limit her European responsibilities in order to preserve her role at the centre of the Sterling Area . |
| 18 | Have to visit my mum at the weekend , thought Catriona . |
| 19 | The sharks seemed less intimidating , so I gulped a lung-full of air and flapped like crazy in an effort to regain my position at the bottom of the tank , clutching my hair-brush and trying to control miles of floating red chiffon . |
| 20 | Leaning on me , she had an arm free to wave her stick at the horizon . |
| 21 | She stepped on to the train , allowing one minor satisfaction to screen her anxiety at the absence of a major one . |
| 22 | In 1989 , Kennard was invited by the United Nations to exhibit his work at the Palais des Nations in Geneva as part of the United Nations Disarmament Week , and as a follow-up to this event , the Imperial War Museum has also mounted a show . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid I 'm not available to answer your call at the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ And since you were apparently too engrossed in it to hear my knock at the door , I simply let myself in . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 26 | So , when Joe shoots to death his teenage mistress , Dorcas , and a deranged Violet decides to disfigure her rival at the funeral , it 's no surprise that the past rushes back to take its rightful place . |
| 27 | All seek to enhance their status at the cost of their rivals . |
| 28 | For many purposes it is convenient for biologists to focus their attention at the level of the vehicle . |
| 29 | For other purposes it is convenient for them to focus their attention at the level of the replicator . |
| 30 | Whatever the police said or did , decided Meryl , she was going to resign her post at the District . |