Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The signals you put across at the job interview can flag your future ambitions . |
| 2 | Judge Alfredo Gustilo said in Manila Burton 's claim that he did not know the contraband was among his belongings was ‘ absurd ’ because customs police found four blocks of hashish hidden in the pair of shoes he had on at the time of his arrest . |
| 3 | Running her tongue across her teeth she glared down at the object of her annoyance . |
| 4 | Every few minutes she glanced again at the postcard . |
| 5 | These days I peeked out at the world through unevenly rose-tinted underwear . |
| 6 | Wriggling in our seats we gazed dumbly at the teacher , as dogs will whose owner is eating a slice of cake ( Miss ! |
| 7 | We knew for definite that it was only a two bedroomed flat and that is one of the reasons we went in at the time we did , hoping that everyb e every person in that flat would be asleep . |
| 8 | Erm , although I think we will say that that would be dangerous thing to do and that we should continue to work upon the er the assumption that there erm er overall as a n , a nine percent increase , but , that seems highly unlikely that will succeed , erm What I 've then done is take account of the various staffing changes that there have been during the year , both short term and long term , erm , and you 'll see that produces a figure actually available to us this year of twenty seven thousand five hundred and eighty eight investigative hours , erm which is slightly less than we had last year , er but erm almost not significantly so , erm and it seemed to me therefore that if we were n't trying to reduce times , er , if we were saying that we would turn in times at the end of this year which were the same as the term times we turned in at the end of last year we could probably achieve that without any further recruitment . |
| 9 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 10 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 11 | Assisted by Southgate and two sleepy-eyed , half-dressed servants we hammered again at the door until it buckled , creaking and groaning , before snapping back , breaking the lock . |
| 12 | Sometimes in the Cauldhame Arms I stand up at the urinal , but most if it ends up running down my hands or legs . |
| 13 | For the next five minutes he pounded frustratingly at the seal lining , the task not made any easier by the rhythmic rocking of the train as it sped through the rain . |
| 14 | In the first of three parts we look back at the working life of country people featured in ’ Twenty-Four Square Miles ’ |
| 15 | The leather also still looks good , although I 've notices it wearing away at the top of the ankle seam . |