Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was a great pleasure to talk to you at dear Crabb 's breakfast party .
2 The telephone answering machine , and my clients ' willingness to talk to me at unusual hours of the day and night , kept me firmly in touch .
3 Their role is to deal with routine business delegated to them at weekly or monthly meetings ;
4 ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end .
5 In his triumph the victorious general was supposed to be accompanied by a slave repeating to him at suitable intervals : " Respice post te , hominem te memento " ( Tertull .
6 As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows .
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