Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He preferred the sort of woman who put her foot in it with grammar and things ; that way he could feel superior by correcting her at the time and having a laugh at her expense later with his male colleagues . |
| 2 | No-one usin' it at the time so that was lucky too . ’ |
| 3 | Well erm erm had a word with erm who was about oh fourth in line in the erm education hierarchy in those days and erm then spoke to who was the Chief Education Officer and er , I think they were a bit erm , bit apprehensive about employing a blind typist because erm it was something that they had never had any experience of but in the end they thought it was worth a try and er especially after supporting me at the College and erm also perhaps they had in mind that many of the erm employees would be leaving if war broke out and erm , in fact by that time war had probably started |
| 4 | another paddle you can have instead of having them at the side and have one man and bursar |
| 5 | While the Independent 's raising prices , Rupert Murdoch 's cutting them at the Sun and the Times . |
| 6 | ‘ What are you going to do today ? ’ he enquired , joining her at the table as without further ceremony they got on with breakfast . |
| 7 | Ah , well you 'll have to take it up there then , you 'd be better off joining it at the back if you 're gon na join it |
| 8 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 9 | It was n't the truth awaiting her at the château that she feared , but one much closer to home . |
| 10 | He had seen a face watching him at the window and he had recognized it . |
| 11 | ‘ I think they were quite serious about leaving us at the time and thought they would get an objective opinion from Langford . |