Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But his near-contemporary J. Chalmers , who had begun his apprenticeship in August 1900 , found himself still stuck at 14s in 1907 , when he was 21 years old , and over the next year or two his pay was usually between 23s and 27s a week : he seems never to have made it to 32s .
2 Your mag promotes and encourages all this ; reading an analysis of Joe Satriani 's playing , for example , probably does little for the confidence of most readers ( I myself found it quite stretching at first ! ) .
3 Mother always told you never to laugh at other people 's misfortunes .
4 But I spoke with Mr about half an hour ago on the telephone , told him not to worry at all , that
5 I never once heard her even hint at such a view .
6 He grew up in a depressed community and would never forget what he saw there : ‘ I used to watch the wheel of the pit spin round year after year , after school and Saturdays and Sundays ; and then from 1926 on I watched it not turning at all , and I ca n't ever get that wheel out of my mind . ’
7 He tore it off and rolled it up to glance at later .
8 Erm how long did you actually work at this same place for ?
9 Or did she not think at all ?
10 these these conduit pipes did they ever break at all ?
11 Did he also mention at all that I won a national award recently for five years sustained voluntary input to the educational and professional development committee and activities of a professional body — the Assoc'n of Industrial Editors .
12 Lyle , with an eight at the 11th , his second hole of the day , never repaired the damage and his 75 after a 71 on Thursday left him perilously placed at two over par , ‘ probably one too many ’ , he guessed .
13 For me , his victory last season with Ten Plus when there were only four runners , convinced me his chaser would win him another Gold Cup , a race he must have won had he not fallen at that fatal third fence from home .
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