Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the hearing , Miss Lamplugh said : ‘ I did not actually think about my sister at the time . |
| 2 | Having by then disposed of public affairs , he asked me about my work at the LCC school . |
| 3 | ‘ Only the other day I was at the vicarage , seeing Mrs Ainger about my stall at the bazaar-I 'm doing the fancy work this year , you know — and there was pussy , bold as brass , if you please , walking into the lounge as if she owned it . ’ |
| 4 | During my time at the DHSS I met over the table with three Chief Secretaries and , I have to admit , had battles with them all . |
| 5 | During my time at the Centre , the strict vegan , detoxifying diet was recommended for three months as a minimum ; only after that should one go to the ‘ stay well diet ’ which does allow a little fish and eggs . |
| 6 | Every moment of Rainbow 's existence during my time at the Fair has been tracked , recorded , docketed and programmed for easy-edit , so I am able to wipe , play-back , freeze-frame or skim fast over the boring bits . |
| 7 | Because I was so small , I had several dangerous accidents during my stay at the palace . |
| 8 | Er and and just going through my mind at the moment |
| 9 | There have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and apologise for my attack at the time of Simon 's death . ’ |
| 10 | I can assure you that did less than nothing for my morale at the time . |
| 11 | I 'll pay for my ticket at the box-office . ’ |
| 12 | Eleanor Darcy told me I was welcome to call her if necessary ; if I needed any further factual details for my Lover at the Gate . |
| 13 | err that 's about it for my curiosity at the moment . |
| 14 | By the time I 've paid for my room at the YWCA and bought all the make-up and clothes I need there never seems to be anything left over . |
| 15 | They ask me how much I paid for everything I was wearing , how much I pay for my room at the pension , how much salary I shall be getting at the university — a salary to me ridiculously small , little more than pocket-money , but for the majority of working-class Spaniards a fortune . |
| 16 | The request that I should receive a consignment of most , if not all , of the issues was obviously impossible to meet ; and although I should much like to have had the ‘ run ’ of Eliot 's bookcase for an afternoon , I felt I could not seek permission , so soon after my arrival at the school , to go to London for that purpose , so I told Eliot that half a dozen well-spaced numbers would suffice for me . |
| 17 | Apparently it 's in appreciation of my success at the club — and commitment to the job ! |
| 18 | The Butcher remained a vivid memory because , apart from my ordeal , I was constantly remanded of him by the dangerous wobbling of my pipe at the edge of that needless gap in my mouth . |
| 19 | I never did discover who he was , the son of the house or just another guest , and my own obtuseness and incuriosity now appear to me more revealing than anything else of my state at the time . |
| 20 | But when I got home , I spent an hour simply looking out of the window of my home at the campus , and speculating on its future . |
| 21 | The post is sponsored by MoMart and culminates with an exhibition of my work at the Gallery in August/September '91 . |
| 22 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 23 | I spend much of my time at the shops ; wandering through the aisles , faltering , never knowing what to buy . |
| 24 | But the reason I started performing was because of my boyfriend at the time — he writes Coronation Street now so he 's doing all right , no sympathy . |
| 25 | I did a lot of my socialising at the barracks and at least twice a week would stagger down the King 's Road towards my bedsit . |
| 26 | Ha face was pale , her eyes dark-rimmed , and this assuaged some of my pain at the nun 's silly chatter . |
| 27 | Needless to say , I walked out of my job at the kennels . |
| 28 | I made no secret of my disgust at the way people were behaving . |
| 29 | So this forced me ( slightly against my will at the time ) to organise some special courses for them , and they turned out reasonably well after that . |
| 30 | And then — what a lunatic thing to do — Great-Aunt Jane began to bid against my father at the auction for Low Birk Hatt . |