Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please state which regional final you would be able to attend from the list below , and provide a second option in case it is not possible to accommodate you at your first choice of location . |
| 2 | And I was sorry to miss you at the Keppels 's thrash ; I hope that you are recovered ? |
| 3 | All we know is that Nicola was due to meet him at nine o'clock and that he did n't turn up . |
| 4 | Negotiations continue but no clear way forward has yet presented itself , the Cooking Centre is zoned for housing and there is little prospect that the Region would be prepared to acquire it at the residential land value — £150,000 . |
| 5 | De Gaulle wanted the agricultural settlement but was not prepared to accept it at the price of giving in to the other five and the Commission on the issues of resourcing and budgetary control . |
| 6 | That had been rather exciting and they were prepared to recount it at considerable length until Narouz intervened and told them to shut up . |
| 7 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 8 | ’ These people are willing to do it at the beginning of the night when they 're sober ’ she says . |
| 9 | What the voters perceived and clung on to , especially in London , was that there has been a revolution in Britain in the 1980s and that it would be foolish to put it at risk because of deeply felt resentment at the recession . |
| 10 | He articulates a view which is widely shared on the Opposition Benches , although the Labour party finds it seemly to repress it at present . |
| 11 | The old records at the Royal Greenwich Observatory contained a consistent error , and Eddy had been wrong to take them at face value . |
| 12 | She expressed her condolences briefly and tactfully , in marked contrast to some of those present , who could n't quite bring themselves to approach the grieving widow but were quite prepared to quiz me at length about the details of Dennis 's last hours . |
| 13 | And of course if you 've got any questions in the two days I 'm not just going to er at you all the time you know it 's participation is this so any questions that you have any comments you want to make please feel free to make them at any time it 's not going to throw me . |
| 14 | It concentrated instead on living examples of people who were judged highly creative , thereby making it possible to evaluate them at first-hand on objective personality tests or similar assessment procedures . |
| 15 | We were delighted to see her at our last Qualified Teachers ' Day . |
| 16 | ‘ Nobody 's finding it very easy to meet him at the moment , ’ said Charlotte . |
| 17 | It is so easy to overdo it at first so please be gentle with yourself . |
| 18 | Cassie was content to leave it at that . |
| 19 | He continued firmly , and Faye relaxed a little , as if half daring to believe him at last . |
| 20 | ‘ I had a figure to go to and I 'm delighted to get her at the price . ’ |
| 21 | For years she has been complaining ‘ I never see anything of you , darling ’ and ‘ Why ca n't you spend a little more time with the family ? ’ — so naturally he expects her to be delighted to have him at home . |
| 22 | A completely brittle material like glass is reasonably safe as long as we are content to operate it at a very low stress level , for instance as a shop window , because the Griffith crack length is then quite long and so the material is safe against minor chips and abrasions . |
| 23 | This year , by some freak of fate , the Mendozas had drawn the O'Briens in the first round , and were due to play them at the latter 's new polo club forty miles away on the first Saturday in December . |
| 24 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 25 | ‘ I was glad to see her at the pictures with you , ’ Anne said . |
| 26 | He believed , and Irina confirmed this , that Marcus had been , though initially hostile , glad to see him at Red Cottage because he was an acquaintance and someone to talk to . |
| 27 | I could tell Gillian and Stuart were n't thrilled to see me at the airport . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm glad to find you at least do n't hold my bad temper against me ! ’ |
| 29 | I 'm glad to meet him at last . ’ |
| 30 | Jenny was supposed to meet me at the airport . " |