Example sentences of "[prep] them at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as the documents have been sent to all those entitled to attend a general meeting in accordance with section 238 , it is a pointless farce to require a formal general meeting to be held in order that they may be ‘ laid ’ unless a member wants to raise questions about them at a meeting , or the auditors want to have an opportunity of talking to the members about them . |
| 2 | ‘ Those altar candles we pay so much for , we seem to be getting through them at a fair old rate . |
| 3 | Or rather , their memoirs were launched for them at a glib and glitzy party by Heinemann , the publishers . |
| 4 | The take or place booking means that the client will be offered a room if there has been a ‘ no show ’ or cancellation , and failing that accommodation will be found for them at a comparable hotel , usually within the same chain of hotels . |
| 5 | So w we 're not charging out for them at a high enough rate . |
| 6 | Just ask for them at a maternity clinic or child health clinic and show your Income Support payment book or , if you 're paid by girocheque , the letter that came with the girocheque . |
| 7 | It was the Guga Hunters who had chartered Viking to land the men and supplies ' on Sula Sgeir and return for them at a specified date . |
| 8 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 9 | With a hiss , the double-sided door began to close , just as the figure of Mahon turned the corner and came after them at a terrifying speed . |
| 10 | They called to him twice before he heard , and then he started and came after them at a rapid walk , like a man driven by some urgent pain he could not slough off . |
| 11 | When they reached the base of the steep drop into the valley , they spotted Bob Lamb striding out ahead of them at a brisk pace . |
| 12 | T : I 've got a lot more respect for them now because I met one of them at a party once and he told me they 're going to be bigger than The Beatles — in all seriousness . |
| 13 | Instead he received all of the 3,813 papers , but each of them at a reduced value . |
| 14 | The effect will be the same as in the distribution of a primary surplus : in the simpler system the transfer of a proportion of the available votes , the transfer of all of them at a reduced value if the senatorial rules are used . |
| 15 | Different theoretical traditions , it is sometimes claimed , belong to ‘ incommensurable paradigms ’ ( Kuhn , 1962 ) ; one can work within only one of them at a time . |
| 16 | They should always be placed in the same positions each time ; you should be able to put your hand on any of them at a moment 's notice : no scrabbling around ! |
| 17 | It took all three of them to lift him out of the reeking waterlogged shelter through an opening just big enough for one of them at a time . |
| 18 | When you have some children who find it very difficult to work with others , one solution might be to work with much smaller groups , maybe even just a couple of them at a time for five minutes or so . |
| 19 | You act on one of them at a time , and then decide which , if any , is going to be most productive . |
| 20 | The main purchasers of bills are the discount houses , which then sell many of them at a slightly higher price , to the banks . |
| 21 | Are they all lying straight or are some of them at an angle ? |
| 22 | I was n't allowed to go anywhere near them at a time when I most needed reassuring . |
| 23 | The last person to see his wife and children alive was Joe Zerboni who had played bridge with them at a Halloween party at a California country club . |
| 24 | We usually got one back saying they 'd been accepted and they 'd deal with them at a certain time you know . |
| 25 | Do you ever think about a disasters as erm an individual level or do you just deal with them at a large-scale , national group level ? |
| 26 | So far as minimising the environmental effects was concerned the WO encouraged planning authorities to discuss problems with them at an early stage . |
| 27 | I understand that the social services want to help people , but sometimes one can help people a bit more by nipping problems in the bud and dealing with them at an earlier stage . |
| 28 | Conciliation officers are very useful for advising employers of the tasks before them at a tribunal hearing . |
| 29 | That 's the man he is , ’ said Adam abruptly , and strode before them at a furious pace towards the guest-house , pursued by the pain he could not outdistance . |
| 30 | ( d ) You 'll have on your file a permanent record of the title and all its principal features in a much more manageable form than that of an abstract ; your notes will remain with your papers for future reference ; and from them at a later date you should be able , if necessary , to answer any questions or difficulties that may arise . |