Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 31 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 32 | I have n't spoken to Mr Boldwood since the autumn , when I promised to see him at Christmas , so I 'll have to go . |
| 33 | You may need to adjust it at the centre on long pieces since the ends tend to pull rather tightly to start with . |
| 34 | If they want to meet me at 8am , they can have breakfast before they arrive — they do n't need breakfast at the Savoy . |
| 35 | Doug wants to sell it at its street value , which is two million dollars . |
| 36 | Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ? |
| 37 | So you want to avoid it at all costs in release three of four . |
| 38 | The study 's author , Michael Cameron , thinks that roads should be treated like telephone lines or the electricity supply : if customers want to use them at peak times , they should pay more . |
| 39 | Now they want to use them at home . |
| 40 | One rather nice touch : fibre optics are built into the thermal panels behind the ice , so if you want to use it at night it will glow in the dark . |
| 41 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 42 | She tried to put him at ease : " Why do n't you take your coat off ? " she said . |
| 43 | tried to put them at our at the cost of our of the work for quite a while . |
| 44 | Daddy has to leave it at the garage . |
| 45 | He tried to do it at home and that was |
| 46 | Fred Bradley stayed very much in the background and his soft , kind eyes helped to put her at ease . |
| 47 | ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat . |
| 48 | You do n't need to practise them at all you know which one 's which . |
| 49 | But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will . |
| 50 | But I 've got a lot of time for Tom Clarke , he 's a nice man and it would be absolutely disgusting if anyone tried to dump him at the moment . ’ |
| 51 | Three-year-old Daniel Hampton was crushed when the 9ft-high and 8ft-wide panel toppled on to him as he tried to climb it at a recreation ground . |
| 52 | Margaret Jones claims her husband tried to murder her at the family home in Brockhampton , by pumping exhaust fumes from the garage into her bedroom . |
| 53 | You may need to watch him at first , so that you can clean and dress any grazes or cuts immediately . |
| 54 | Jimmy Richards , 31 , suffocated after the weights landed on his face and neck when he tried to lift them at a Bradford health club . |
| 55 | If you want to settle them at this meeting . |
| 56 | It becomes important to him : you started this game , you laid down the rules , so he has to beat you at it . |
| 57 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 58 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 59 | The industry concerned is the in-flight catering business which in the UK alone , produces many thousands of meals 24 hours a day every day and has to transport them at chill temperatures from the flight kitchens to individual aircraft , quite often with additional problems resulting from flight delays and so on . |
| 60 | I 'm the female lead , the hero has to get me at the end . |