Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appeared jumpy and ill at ease , ready to blurt something out at any moment . |
| 2 | Erm there have been attempts to brighten them up at various times . |
| 3 | He still used to entertain the others with stories of his days as a master criminal and boast that he had n't lost any of his skills , but it was difficult to imagine him back at that game . |
| 4 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 5 | How much is it , two thousand pounds , well she 's offered to pay it back at two pounds a week and er it 's gon na take a long time , is n't it , Sir , for her to pay it back ? |
| 6 | ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said . |
| 7 | ‘ I wanted to cut it out at one stage in the editing but Nicola went mad . |
| 8 | It is strange to be confronted by a man who seems to want us around at any price . |