Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kids get it at school . |
| 2 | When flushed , chestnut wings and dangling legs separate it at once from Quail ( p. 105 ) and young Partridges ( p. 103 ) . |
| 3 | Most potential clients visit them at Potton and attend one of the free seminars , held three times a week . |
| 4 | Theodore 's reconciliation with Wilfrid took place in the context of Caedwalla 's dramatic ascendancy in southern England and if it is true that he expressed the wish that Wilfrid succeed him at Canterbury ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 43 ) this may have been in recognition of Caedwalla 's new regime with which Wilfrid was associated . |
| 5 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |
| 6 | Of course she feels strongly that as 65 per cent of women in Britain are actually larger than size 14 , clothing manufacturers ignore them at their peril . |
| 7 | The opening scenes of this fractious heist movie see him at his most acute . |
| 8 | Most coastal features attached at both ends to the coast orientate themselves at right angles to the resultant provided that the fetch is approximately the same in all directions . |
| 9 | The umpires check it at the end of every over . |
| 10 | Donegal 's insistence on playing the short ball out of defence cost them at least two points , a luxury they could never afford in a close scoring game . |
| 11 | When you first performed Too Much Love Will Kill You at Freddie 's tribute concert at Wembley , you played it solo and there was a point where you paused and the audience went a little wild . |
| 12 | According to Eurotunnel it is £7bn ; the contractors put it at £7.5bn . |
| 13 | The T. S. Eliot Lectures show him at his best — relaxed , immensely well read and decisive . |
| 14 | England meet them at Wembley on March 28 , the date left vacant by the cancellation of the friendly against the Republic of Ireland . |
| 15 | When trials come we must trust what he has revealed about himself in the Bible rather than what our senses tell us at that particular point in time . |
| 16 | Each year groups from mainland Spain find themselves at the house of the White Dove , a name symbolic of the peace and comfort which they experience through his caring approach . |
| 17 | Not even Balanchine always survives this test , and lesser creators ignore it at their and our peril . |
| 18 | The postcards absorb him at once . |
| 19 | As Kenny and Kenny suggest , the " position of the landlord is now very much strengthened " and the " question is whether licences have anything at all to offer to the landlord looking for an income from his residential property . " |
| 20 | Children play mournfully in heap of setter shit above which washing-line used to hang ( until sodden towel bust it at three a.m. , landing in setter ordure as mentioned ) . |
| 21 | Those Pakistani pictures of Saddam Hussein show him at prayer . |
| 22 | The Forza del destino arias opening this disc show her at her best . |
| 23 | The fishermen catch them at night , using bright lights to attract the molluscs ' attention . |
| 24 | The first is the European Commission 's insistence that abolition of border controls means what it says : come next year , there must be no passport or customs control whatever at Dover . |
| 25 | ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep . |
| 26 | However , Nottingham Forest find themselves at the foot of a Premier League where standards are low , largely due to a paucity of decent managers and where none have Clough 's breadth of knowledge and experience . |
| 27 | Ladbrokes quote her at 40–1 for the first Classic of 1994 . |
| 28 | A proportion of the flights on each main operating base maintain themselves at ‘ quick reaction alert ’ ( QRA ) status , ready to move out at a moment 's notice . |
| 29 | Some 64pc of those entitled to Family Credit receive it at any one time . |
| 30 | Whereas the government publicly estimated the cost of meeting EC water standards at £3–4 billion , City sources put it at £22–32 billion over 11 years . |