Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [pron] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She wants me at the birth .
2 Every day she meets him at the well , and every day he repeats the same request , till at last she yields .
3 I 'll go and phone him , put ten P in the phone and he rings me at the phone box .
4 I do n't mind how many times he rings you at the phone box .
5 Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers .
6 It is not a happy precedent and if Mr Major is to avoid it , he needs somebody at the Treasury who commands confidence , and who deserves it .
7 When he greets me at the door , he is still wearing an apron , after ‘ helping out ’ in the attached tea shop which he runs ‘ as a bit of a hobby ’ .
8 No ulterior motive lurks behind it , but it keeps you at a distance .
9 He tells us at the beginning of his book that he is an Aristotelean in these matters , but the price he pays is that his definition simply fails to bear upon the intuitive criteria for an explication of consciousness , such as those set out above .
10 The flute adds brightness to oboe , clarinet , bassoon , and horn when it doubles them at the octave .
11 It puts them at a disadvantage .
12 Few months down the line , and he sells him at a loss .
13 That is , he does nothing , he does nothing at the moment but prepares for action , or he takes action .
14 You know he likes you at the table punctually . ’
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