Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had been rather exciting and they were prepared to recount it at considerable length until Narouz intervened and told them to shut up . |
| 2 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 3 | And of course if you 've got any questions in the two days I 'm not just going to er at you all the time you know it 's participation is this so any questions that you have any comments you want to make please feel free to make them at any time it 's not going to throw me . |
| 4 | He believed , and Irina confirmed this , that Marcus had been , though initially hostile , glad to see him at Red Cottage because he was an acquaintance and someone to talk to . |
| 5 | Whilst a through understanding of AI is not required they should have a little background since all are likely to meet it at one time or another . |
| 6 | Now , five years later , the battles are won ( significant skirmishes remain , but it would be unwise and ungenerous to detail them at this point ) . |
| 7 | Once public debate is permitted in the election period it becomes hard to prohibit it at other times . |
| 8 | Various people were due to address them at various moments , in particular Winston . |
| 9 | I was able to accommodate him at each time , you follow what I mean . |
| 10 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 11 | Sue insisted that we take her telephone number and told us that we should feel able to ring her at any time , day or night , with any problem , however trivial it seemed . |
| 12 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 13 | Good thatch is difficult to obtain in many parts of the world , and in the Indian State of Kamataka peasants now have to buy bamboo at 1200 rupees a tonne on the free market ( about £80 a tonne ) whereas the paper industry is still able to get it at 15 rupees a tonne ( £1 ) from the government 's reserved forests . |
| 14 | ‘ Well I 've read a bit of it , mainly in order to be able to quote it at Communist opponents , who 've never read it . ’ |
| 15 | Sorry to wake you at this hour but we 've had a host of tasks during the night . |
| 16 | All of us at John Fowler Holidays will be pleased to see you at any time and hope to have the pleasure of giving you a good holiday . |
| 17 | In drawing such sections it is normal to have them at equal distances at right angles to the guide line which ensures that they are correctly related . |
| 18 | Very difficult to quantify them at this stage but certainly it 's it 's my advice that er there will be distinct improvements in the environment . |
| 19 | But they all counted as pieces on the diplomatic chessboard and enjoyed some sort of self-government ; it is convenient to regard them at this point as comparable entities . |
| 20 | How nice to see you at this kind of gathering . |
| 21 | First off , its a little premature to judge them at this stage . |
| 22 | ‘ I know , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I am sorry to bother you at this time of night but my client has given me to understand that this is when you would be available . |
| 23 | I 'm sorry to bother you at this time of night . |
| 24 | So , to be safe it would be wise to use it at any time flying above 10,000 feet . |