Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb mod] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If today we can see better than we could at the time the agonized grandeur of the figure of Pope Paul , the one almost ‘ liberal ’ pope of modern times , we can also see how deeply uncertain was the Church he left behind him and — after twelve years — we begin too to be able to assess in its very different character the pontificate of John Paul II . |
| 2 | There 's another public site at Hinksey Hill , which is very new , where they 've settled well , and there is about to be a private site out at Frilford , and that site will allow the Vale to be designated and that means that people who are encamped illegally in laybys and bridleways and grass verges can be moved on much more quickly than they can at the moment erm and if we 're not careful they 'll all be moving into West Oxfordshire . |
| 3 | I run fast as I can at the window , but it still wo n't break . |
| 4 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 5 | As she reached her father 's house she walked straight in at the gate , which she hardly bothered to open quietly , and flung the stone as hard as she could at the glass of the bedroom window . |
| 6 | For the next 2½ years we spent as much time as we could at the melin . |
| 7 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 8 | If development ceases , the pupils will not benefit as much as they should at a time in their education which will never be repeated and one which therefore could never be made up . |