Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Handbook of Over-the-Counter Medicines compiled by Mike Smith ( Kyle Cathie , £6.99 ) lists all sorts of nasty afflictions , from acne to worms , and what you can buy for them at the chemist 's . |
| 2 | I told Isobel we 'd wait for her at the Café de la Paix … ‘ |
| 3 | If he was not at the reception hopper grizzleys , it is quite probable that she would wait for him at the entrance to Deep Level . |
| 4 | Right , well what do you think of it at the front ? |
| 5 | ‘ There 's not a lot we can do about it at the moment , is there ? ’ |
| 6 | There 's nothing you can do about it at the moment . |
| 7 | We must confirm to you at the time of booking that there is a free or reduced price holiday still available on the departure date you require . |
| 8 | He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort . |
| 9 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 10 | He rubbed his chin absently on the top of Tessa 's head , so that he could look over it at the girl . |
| 11 | No you ca n't look at them at the moment . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 . |
| 14 | As these appear as themes threaded through the discussion it may be useful to identify them here , although I shall return to them at the end of the chapter . |
| 15 | This possibility is important and we shall return to it at the end of this section . |
| 16 | Well actually , no , I I I would disagree with you at the moment . |
| 17 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods less than he contracted to sell , the buyer may reject them , but if the buyer accepts the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods larger than he contracted to sell and the buyer accepts the whole of the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 19 | And if you did n't pay for it at the weekend you got no groceries next week . |
| 20 | Boys who did not , remained in the elementary-school system ( in , as will appear , most cases ) to linger on like dispossessed giants until the system and my grandfather let go of them at the age of fourteen . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | They can literally come to you at the museum can they ? |
| 23 | All you have to do is write to her at the address below to receive a questionnaire ( do n't send any money now ) . |
| 24 | All you have to do is write to her at the address below to receive a questionnaire ( do n't send any money now ) . |
| 25 | If any readers would like to receive a free copy of an information sheet I have produced on the types of environmental audits and what they can achieve they should write to me at the address below : |
| 26 | People who are interested should write to me at the address below . |
| 27 | I turned to Jamie and then the girl , cleared my throat and said quite clearly : ‘ I did n't know if you two ever shared or , indeed , still do share , for that matter , for all that I know , at least mutually between yourselves but at any rate not including me — the misconception I once perchanced to place upon the words contained upon yonder sign , but it is a fact that I thought the ‘ union ’ referred to in said nomenclature delineated an association of working people , and it did seem to me at the time to be quite a socialist thing for the town fathers to call a street ; it struck me that all was not yet lost as regards the prospects for a possible peace or at the very least a cease-fire in the class war if such acknowledgements of the worth of trade unions could find their way on to such a venerable and important thoroughfare 's sign , but I must admit I was disabused of this sadly over-optimistic notion when my father-God rest his sense of humour-informed me that it was the then recently confirmed union of the English and Scottish parliaments the local worthies-in common with hundreds of other town councils throughout what had until that point been an independent realm — were celebrating with such solemnity and permanence , doubtless with a view to the opportunities for profit which this early form of takeover bid offered . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think you will care for it at the Rectory , ’ Aunt Emily said . |
| 29 | And we especially do n't talk about it at the workplace . ’ |
| 30 | Can I sit with you at the back some time . |