Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pron] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Here , ’ she says thickly , handing me a joint while she rolls the ice cube round in her mouth and tries to breathe through it at the same time . |
| 2 | And naturally his only means of getting in touch would be to write to her at the one address he knew : Elise 's cottage . |
| 3 | These ledgers can be easily subdivided , enabling several clerks to work on them at the same time and it is also easier to withdraw old accounts and insert new ones in their place . |
| 4 | Cup in hand , she was about to sit opposite him at the small kitchen table , but the unwelcoming look in his deep blue eyes changed her mind , and she wandered aimlessly through to the living-room . |
| 5 | I went to listen to him at the methodist church at er Newark about Oh quite a few years when |
| 6 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 7 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 8 | And she did , leaving a very bewildered Ellie to look round her at the well-equipped kitchen and the gently steaming kettle . |
| 9 | When they had carried him into his cage that afternoon and taken him out of the carrier box in which he had journeyed for so long , he had hardly dared to look around him at the other cages . |
| 10 | No , we both like pizzas , but to dream about them at the same time , and he 's screaming out in his sleep , get me a pizza |
| 11 | My response is not a traditional wind-up speech , because this is the hon. Lady 's debate and I am sure that she will receive the leave of the House to reply to it at the appropriate time . |