Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack Berry 's colt , backed from 6–4 to 13–8 on before finishing third to Touch Silver in the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster , then ruined his chance with a slow start when going under by half a length to Key To My Heart at Hamilton Park last time . |
| 2 | If I had my case at home without a doctor . |
| 3 | Towards the end of my sojourn at Kinloss , and after I became the assistant to the chief ground instructor under a squadron leader , I was also seconded to the engineering wing . |
| 4 | And the man whose glory days at Goodison included League championship , FA Cup and European Cup-Winners ' Cup medals insisted : ‘ This situation is even bigger than my experience at Everton . |
| 5 | But I thought about my experience at Wilhelmshaven , and the fascination of the task there , despite the appalling environment . |
| 6 | And meant only for summer and early autumn ; no heating apparatus except the open fires , and a kitchen rather on a par for mod cons with my cottage at Otters ' Bay . |
| 7 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 8 | Er he attended to me and I should n't have done but I looked at my notes at th bottom of the bed one day and it said , Interference denied . |
| 9 | Called out of meeting — dispute between Admin Officer and Social Worker re my cases at School . |
| 10 | You may not know , that I have had a book on philosophy published , and am working on another ; my superiors at London University College are pleased with me , and promotion seems probable . |
| 11 | Somehow this surprised me — not the word sod ( I 'd learned most of my swear-words at Addy 's knee ) but the word silly . |
| 12 | ‘ I expected my times at Marseille to be measured in years and months , not weeks and days . |
| 13 | Erm and I mean I 've had a recent bereavement , I mean I , I lost my mum at Christmas and got three days leave . |
| 14 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
| 15 | I ca n't recall , before , having had to peep through my fingers at Coronation Street as I did on Wednesday when Carmel , at the end of a riveting confrontation with Gail , plummeted down the stairs . |
| 16 | having to cut down a little bit but I enjoy my look at Dartmoor when I get out there and I 'm busy with the church and |
| 17 | The old girl is alive and well with my sister at Wetherby , but she proved barren this year . |
| 18 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 19 | Your lady wife told my sister at table of your desire for a truce with Famagusta , your wish to feed the pigs and convince them of their isolation . |
| 20 | Er we came I was er the doctor put a big B on my board at back . |
| 21 | We waited , sitting on the long benches in the out-patients ' waiting-room , Nigel staring straight ahead in what seemed an almost catatonic trance and ignoring any of my attempts at conversation . |
| 22 | ‘ A night out with John Minton , ’ Lehmann recorded in his diary in October 1951 , ‘ for which he arrived with a bunch of carnations in the wildest , gayest form , having been on a jag for three nights — and continued it that night in spite of my attempts at restraint ( which were spoiled by laughing all the time ) , flinging his arms about , shouting shrilly with highly risqué asseverations at the White Tower ( at which Tennessee [ Williams ] appeared for a hallucinatory moment ) , becoming embarrassingly affectionate and enthusiastic about me , and pouring money out for champagne in the Caribbean and another unidentified night club . ’ |
| 23 | It may be my brain is getting fuddled despite my attempts at rejuvenation and I 'm imagining things . ’ |
| 24 | On my computer at home I run most of my programs under Windows 3 . |
| 25 | Among my contemporaries at home — mostly middle class but not all — three quarters of them have emigrated : to Australia , Canada , USA and Britain . |
| 26 | Always something engulfing me , always something surreal to make out , always my blood at risk . |
| 27 | ‘ Look … ’ she began in a cool voice , glancing round for Tara , who seemed to have disappeared into the house , ‘ when I used the phrase ‘ playing gooseberry ’ , I was referring to my staying at Hummingbird House . |
| 28 | And I said , ‘ Jules , I 'm a 45-year-old mother of two , I 'm putting cream on my neck at night … |
| 29 | At that time , , who had been a graduate of , and teacher in , my department at U.C.L. , had accepted a chair at U.C.L. , and was about to return to his old department once again , having spent a number of years at the University of Durham . |
| 30 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |