Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean at the moment of choice you 're faced with a set of people , including , let's say , one man and one woman , who on paper match each other and who perhaps , even if you 've adjusted for a possibility of the woman 's having to fight and so on , they 're equal on paper . |
| 2 | They are political constraints , particularly with the U N , they are political ones when one considers government to government aid , I mean at the moment for instance the British Administration will only give large , significant amounts of emergency relief to countries which are already recipients of British development aid . |
| 3 | I mean at the end of the day it becomes subjective , like choosing wallpaper . |
| 4 | I mean at the end of the year , we need to have sold a Because these people , they need to come for funding purposes . |
| 5 | In any case , I sit at the stall during daytime . ’ |
| 6 | I hesitate at the top of the path . |
| 7 | For some writers concerned with English language teaching , the notion of rhythm is a more practical matter of making a sufficiently clear difference between strong and weak syllables , rather than concentrating on a rigid timing pattern , as I suggest at the end of 14.1 . |
| 8 | I halt at the edge of our lawn which is the colour of dry prairie . |
| 9 | I stop at the chemist for that great big bottle , gangbusters green , my ticket home . |
| 10 | I recoil at the strength of his putrid breath and yank myself away , but he grabs my waist and throws me upon the bed , pinning my hands down and forcing himself on top of me . |
| 11 | John replying to these resolutions on behalf of the C E C. Before I kick off I to reply to them I put at the top of my scribbled notes three words poverty hardship and loneliness and I think those three words typify and sum up what the majority of these resolutions are all about in this retarded society that we 've lived in er under in the last fourteen years . |
| 12 | And I listen at the wall for sounds from Jancey , but it 's as quiet as a pillow , and she 's obviously gone to bed . |
| 13 | But I I hope at the end of all this , there will still be how much training you 've had , that when the post is eventually advertised it will still be |
| 14 | Sarah 's bellowing voice shouting ‘ Go for it ’ as I wait at the top of a World Cup Course and Rob 's quiet and steady presence epitomise their deep enthusiasm for the sport . |
| 15 | I begin at the foot of the column and toil my way up the page to find each story unedifyingly summarized in inch-high type . |
| 16 | I look at the back of her head for a minute . |
| 17 | In addition , when I look at the plight of the millions of people who 've been made homeless recently because of flooding in other parts of the world , it does make me realize how lucky we are as a society that homelessness is still on a much smaller scale here than it is in some countries . |
| 18 | ‘ In as much as I cringe at the thought of making you sick a second time , yes . |
| 19 | Peter , the things we 're talking about are highly commendable , but I suspect at the back of the minds of most kids at school the question of examinations — whether they 're going to get their O level , or their A level , or their G C E or whatever — to what extent are university people involved in examining ? |
| 20 | I glance at the gun on his hip . |
| 21 | And I recall at the beginning of the war , they got a an almost light-proof black out curtaining , and I can re see it today , The Queen bought some , they were on exhibition . |
| 22 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 23 | I stare at the back of the driver 's head . |
| 24 | I remember at the conclusion of a church house-party , a man asking me for prayer to be filled with the Spirit . |
| 25 | Tenpin bowling has cheap membership and I believe at the end of the day , that people want to belong to clubs . |
| 26 | He said ’ I believe at the end of the day I made the wrong decision ’ . |
| 27 | Sometimes I despair at the innumeracy of the left . |
| 28 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 29 | Monday 8.55am — I arrive at the office for what looks like a quiet day catching up on necessary office work and telephoning some of our low-dependency clients to see how they are . |
| 30 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |