Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I ought to write to her at some point . |
2 | ‘ Well , old fellow in the cellarage , ’ she whispered lightly to herself , though the breath was shallow in her throat , ‘ it seems I must speak with you at last . ’ |
3 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
4 | I think I should say to you at this point , that if you 're moving into these areas , you are moving into what I can , or , just totally contrary in fact to your policies , and directions , and er , not only that , I think we have difficulty sustaining . |
5 | ‘ I 'll knock for you at eight for dinner . |
6 | It 's not something just to be pushed to one side , and , ‘ Oh , yes , he 's coming at eleven o'clock , so I 'll think about it at five to eleven . ’ |
7 | He opened it and said over his shoulder , ‘ I 'll call for you at seven-thirty . |
8 | ‘ I 'll call for you at eight-thirty p.m . |
9 | I 'll call for you at eight-thirty if you promise to leave the briefcase at home . |
10 | When , a few minutes later , she stopped the car and said , ‘ I 'll call for you at seven . |
11 | He said that he might call on you at some other time . ’ |
12 | He 'll turn on me at any minute — tell me I do n't understand — it 's all my fault . |
13 | Flavia could think of nothing at all to say . |
14 | But the cold had numbed her senses and all her ingenuity and she could think of nothing at all to do about that . |
15 | Th that was the , the hard part , there was nothing they could do about it at all . |
16 | I said I 'd meet with them at eleven o'clock to arrange the details . ’ |
17 | A serious accident could happen to you at any time today , tomorrow , next year . |
18 | His mother Mrs Alice McGettigan said : ‘ It could happen to anyone at any time . |
19 | He thought that he left the church unnoticed , but Isobel saw him as she stepped out of her pew , and , as far as anything could penetrate to her at such a time , she was touched by his solicitude . |
20 | I never imagined that the business side would appeal to you at all . |
21 | A member of the mathematics advisory team was invited by the headteacher to work in the school and while it was not compulsory , it was assumed that every teacher would work with him at some stage . |
22 | It would control referrals to providers outside the district and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
23 | It would also control patient referrals to providers outside the district and would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
24 | It would control referrals to providers outside the District and it would pay for them at negotiated prices . |
25 | Also , I felt I 'd dealt with the first layer and although I was well aware that there were subsequent layers , I thought I would deal with them at some later date . |
26 | If you are a shoulder to cry on without fear of being shrugged off , that is all she will want from you at that stage . |
27 | ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’ |
28 | It is difficult , I think , to overestimate the potential significance of this approach , and we will return to it at several points in this book . |
29 | ‘ I 'll find you some ear-rings , ’ he promised , ‘ and the car will come for you at six , ready or not . ’ |
30 | But the long smelly trails snaking along the branches and renewed repeatedly every night , also mark out the main highways through the tree so that , if necessary , the bush babies can scamper along them at considerable speed in the pitch blackness . |