Example sentences of "[pron] at [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 We could bind that ourselves at next to no cost .
2 And here 's Deanpark Atom , an Oxford-trained bitch who at five to one , got the champagne corks popping .
3 The dog had awakened him at ten to seven with long-drawn howls and now , a quarter of an hour later , he stood on the threshold of Sheila 's bedroom , glowering .
4 He had spent the morning in bed with Rosie , which was why he 'd missed his date down at the docks , she had rung him at ten to eight .
5 A conducted tour of the house by the whole family , brought him at last to the top floor where his bedroom was proudly displayed , which , though huge and filled with awesome furniture of hideous elaboration , impressed him less than the meticulous care with which his soldier servant — batman was apparently a naughty word in the Guards — had unpacked his belongings and laid all essentials neatly in the right places .
6 It 's not something just to be pushed to one side , and , ‘ Oh , yes , he 's coming at eleven o'clock , so I 'll think about it at five to eleven . ’
7 Just re-opened it at twenty to six .
8 But the painting said nothing at all to me as I stood gazing at it .
9 To our utter dismay and astonishment , he told us that our certificates meant nothing at all to him or BSAC and that ‘ even if Jacques Cousteau were to come along with a PADI qualification , no notice would be taken of it . ’
10 And there was nothing at all to be afraid of .
11 Two exquisite thoroughbreds , she supposed they had looked , chatting to one another in their high-pitched , well-bred " London " voices , filling each shop in turn with their faintly tittering laughter , making Frizingley aware — whatever it chose to whisper behind their backs — that the dynastic alliance of one trading " and therefore " common " fortune with another could mean nothing at all to them .
12 Have you ever been working on a program late at night that throws up error codes with a number such as ‘ ERROR CODE 201 ’ which means nothing at all to you .
13 ‘ I 'm nothing at all to you except an unwelcome visitor . ’
14 ‘ It is nothing at all to me .
15 He said this with a certain measured diffidence , as though it meant nothing at all to him , and was just a casual observation .
16 Saw them at ten to nine , and then she passed them again at ten past nine .
17 Thus it fell to one of the rank-and-file to make a lucky find that brought them at last to the downs : and probably saved a life or two ; for they could hardly have spent the night in the open , either on or under the hill , without being attacked by some enemy or other .
18 So , join us at five to one tomorrow for that and much more .
19 So , join us at five to one tomorrow for that plus a round-up of all the news in Scotland .
20 We fail so utterly to reward responsible married women that if we give anything at all to single mothers we appear to be placing a premium — ‘
21 In this case they may not add anything at all to the message .
22 erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there .
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