Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Digital watches work because a small sliver of quartz inside them pulses at a rhythmic and unchanging frequency , which is stimulated by energy from the battery . |
| 2 | In my attempt at a wide-angled overview , however , I shall argue that the camera has not just two but many sides , and that feminist film criticism and theory can only benefit from casting its eye outside a field of vision in which the theory of the gaze and questions of representation and power have been dominant for too long . |
| 3 | OK Here is my attempt at a list of buying and sellings since Wilko took over in Sep/Oct 88 |
| 4 | In comparison , my attempt at a letter to the programme desk is very boring . |
| 5 | Erm this is my attempt at a formal definition of the network . |
| 6 | My attempt at an inventory of the entire contents of a jacket pocket for 1959 . |
| 7 | I use the rear brake , I 'm using my knee and I 'm using a lot of upper body weight to keep my weight at a certain angle to the bike . ’ |
| 8 | I would turn down an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital . |
| 9 | I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while . |
| 10 | I would turn down an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital . |
| 11 | When I first announced the results of my calculations at a conference at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory near Oxford , I was greeted with general incredulity . |
| 12 | What would be the point of my disagreeing with my husband at a board meeting ? |
| 13 | Recently , I tried to cancel my appearance at a benefit as my pianist was ill . |
| 14 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 15 | She was a very simple heroine who did nothing spectacular , never rowed out to a shattered vessel in a Force 10 gale nor carried a lamp amongst the cholera , but she was my inspiration at a very low moment . |
| 16 | However , I was disappointed at the reply she gave to my questions at a public open meeting held on April 7th , when I suggested that following many and varied discussions in different regions of the country , there was extreme concern in the non-action by the government in the matter of the vast difference in the value of imports from different countries , in particular Japan , as against the value of the imports they take from this country . |
| 17 | Then I came back here to change , before I joined my wife at a dinner party . |
| 18 | First , cavorting lunatic- savant features editor , James Brown , snogged my mate at a party . |
| 19 | You do think — is my career at an end ? |
| 20 | ‘ You 're flesh and blood , warm and yielding , bursting into my life at a time when I 'd sworn to give women a wide berth , enticing me with your large eyes and your candour , your raven hair and your loyalty … ’ |
| 21 | I spent six of the happiest years of my life at a boarding school where the regime was spartan . |
| 22 | More importantly , the Fellowship gave me the opportunity to study a subject of my choice at a university of my choice : so ( who would not at that time ? ) |
| 23 | The tarot reading and astrology were presented by my mage at a fairly down-market level . |
| 24 | I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal . |
| 25 | She ca n't know how I value my freedom , Donald , the freedom to do what I like and take advantage of the opportunity to explore a new city , learn a new language , try my hand at a way of life I did n't know existed . |
| 26 | In the first few months when I came out of the Navy I 'd tried my hand at a couple of things , and then my mother phoned me up one day and said there 's this job going at Drogo . |
| 27 | Admiral Rowe — Paul to his friends — was my host at a conference of New Generation Trek fans , a conference held in Paul 's council house . |
| 28 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 29 | But this purported resolution of the paradox , as Fried concedes , only demonstrates the compatibility of uninhibited freedom to enter contracts with respect for autonomy ; it ‘ does not show that I am morally obligated to perform my promise at a later time if to do so proves inconvenient or costly ’ . |
| 30 | One ten , here on my left at a hundred and ten and selling for one ten . |