Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down .
32 Fen dropped her off at the front door of Chimneys .
33 Anyway , I had built her up at the front end so that she was standing with her fore feet on a half door and had given her a strong oily purgative .
34 I think he 's at the bottom of a bog with a hole in his head and they 're waiting to scoop her up at the right moment .
35 In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained .
36 She rubbed her back at the same time ; bending to the floor had hurt her .
37 It was seven and the night nurse had already begun her round at the other side of the house when he slipped downstairs .
38 Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too .
39 I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever .
40 ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’
41 But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting .
42 The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring .
43 He says well I , we were on about sort of and he says bring it up at the next meeting , I says
44 She picked it up at the third ring .
45 Yes yes if members had any complaints about their work I would report it up at the head office and up up at the the branch office in Park .
46 He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot .
47 We agreed to set it up at the last meeting .
48 Overall the computational complexity of the system rules it out at the present time for application to the recognition task .
49 Another affronted retort rose to her lips , but bewildered honesty forced Isabel to choke it back at the last moment .
50 With Matthew able to drive , he dropped us at the start and picked us up at the other end , and we arrived within 2 minutes of each other , which was remarkable because we were all 3/4 hour late !
51 Chris Wolley emerged as a great choir leader and guitar player at this period and his strident voice leading the crew seemed to calm the roughest sea or cheer us up at the right moment .
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