Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries . |
| 2 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 3 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 4 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 5 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 6 | Jeannie — ’ They kissed again and then he was gone , running after the uplanders to catch them at Camserney mill . |
| 7 | It was a great pleasure to meet you at the Conference in Lisbon and to talk about your proposal for an introduction to CALL . |
| 8 | It is always a pleasure to meet you at Link meetings and other events . |
| 9 | It was a pleasure to meet you at the Scottish Taxi Federation exhibition at Riccarton last week . |
| 10 | Some of the defenders of the domestic load , such as Dennis Bellamy ( chairman of the Yorkshire Board ) , occasionally quoted cost and load data to justify their views , but these were based on such a biased sample of observations that it was difficult for any serious enquirer to accept them at face value . |
| 11 | He said , ‘ Yes , I wanted you lads to catch them at it and arrest them ’ . ’ |
| 12 | Joan Allen was 74 years old when her son asked her general practitioner to visit her at home . |
| 13 | ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’ |
| 14 | Fido 's owners should be aware of this and take steps to play him at his own game . |
| 15 | Mistakenly thinking it would do no harm to put her at her ease — she was a plain woman with the faintest smell of spirits on her breath even at ten o'clock in the morning — he had mentioned the interesting photographs hung on the stairway leading to the stalls . |
| 16 | All depended on the navy and sometimes on the air force to land them at least somewhere near their target beaches . |
| 17 | There 's no reasson to keep it at all . |
| 18 | But when you do achieve it , you will find that you can then use aerobic walking as part of an ongoing maintenance programme to keep you at your goal weight . |
| 19 | Monaco despatched a scout to trail him at Bournemouth the following week , and they will use the next couple of days to decide whether to gamble on bringing Lambert to Europe 's gambling capital . |
| 20 | KEVIN KEEGAN has had secret talks with Newcastle directors in a bid to keep him at St James 's Park . |
| 21 | The Wembley midfielder launched a sensational attack on the ‘ Caring Club ’ and accused them of not caring enough in their bid to keep him at Roker Park . |
| 22 | And Garbett wanted Ramsey to succeed him at York . |
| 23 | Clearly the auction house feels that in the light of new revelations about the treasure 's origins , its manner of acquisition and details of falsified export licenses , any attempt to offer it at auction would be bound to result in failure and would not redound to the auction house 's credit . |
| 24 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 25 | And I have half a mind to take you at your word , give you what you seem to want and turn you out of my house after I have finished with you . ’ |
| 26 | The president , meanwhile , stood high in the public opinion polls after the attempt to assassinate him at the end of March . |
| 27 | High Court medical negligence actions are governed by Ord 38 , r5 which requires the party intending to produce plans , photographs or models at trial to give the other side the opportunity to inspect them at least 10 days before the hearing unless the court for " special reasons " orders otherwise . |
| 28 | Last Wednesday we invited the 4 British students studying at the University to visit us at the hotel for dinner . |
| 29 | One of the first on the scene to treat him at Bath was full back Jon Webb , an orthopaedic surgeon . |
| 30 | Some girls I knew had arranged for their two penfriends to meet me at the Gare du Nord and , somehow , we recognised one another . |