Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know perfectly well that your husband 's mother lives at a considerable distance , in point of fact in a suburb of Sheffield , and that she has never at any time offered to look after your children . " |
| 2 | Admittedly , she does not at any point in her letter state explicitly her desire to return ; but that is the unmistakable message conveyed by the general nuance of many of the passages , imbued as they are with a deep nostalgia for her days at Darlington Hall . |
| 3 | It goes on at some length to persuade people not to climb up this waterfall and muck about in it . |
| 4 | He goes on at some length referring to the machinery used for scribbling , spinning , fulling etc , all of these processes carried out under one roof . |
| 5 | At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face , like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object . |
| 6 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 7 | It starts off at some value here and it goes down until eventually when it 's done a certain number of miles the car 's worth nothing . |
| 8 | It 's because it locks better at that groove . |
| 9 | It does not at this stage include any specific new products . |
| 10 | It does n't at that section . |