Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 2 | The Padre , consulted as to the propriety of firing them at the enemy , had given his opinion that they could perfectly well be fired and that they , or any other such popish or Tractarian objects , would very likely wreak terrible havoc . |
| 3 | Instead of upholding one at the expense of the other , Bachelard offers the possibility of a deconstructive history which would reinscribe that which had been excluded ; this could also enable a differential history of science and ideology , accounting for the perpetuation of ideology after the production of science . |
| 4 | Secondly , as the weights are derived from analysis of individuals there is a serious problem of applying them at the level of wards or districts where the information is readily available only in aggregate . |
| 5 | I thought of presenting myself at the docks and saying that my pocket had been picked … but I lacked the impudence to carry it off . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's what comes of feeding them at the table , ’ Michele remarked . |
| 7 | She sort of collapsed me at the knees and I was down there . |
| 8 | He was the least well acquainted with Connon and had no intention of saying anything at the moment . |
| 9 | another paddle you can have instead of having them at the side and have one man and bursar |
| 10 | well if you 'd of put it at the top of the basket , I would of seen it |
| 11 | Had he been so sure of finding her at the alehouse ? |
| 12 | A loss would give momentum to the idea of dumping him at the party convention in July . |
| 13 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |