Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 2 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 3 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 4 | Letting the water buoy up my weight I stretched my feet down to touch bottom and found the water came up to my ears ; took a deep breath , put the rest of my head under and reached around for Harry , unable to see him , unable with open eyes to see anything at all . |
| 5 | Jeannie — ’ They kissed again and then he was gone , running after the uplanders to catch them at Camserney mill . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ Yes , I wanted you lads to catch them at it and arrest them ’ . ’ |
| 7 | It was a good system for everyone except the artist , who was frequently offered a low rate for the job , then had his payment deferred , and sometimes had to battle for months to receive anything at all . |
| 8 | Fido 's owners should be aware of this and take steps to play him at his own game . |
| 9 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 10 | Some girls I knew had arranged for their two penfriends to meet me at the Gare du Nord and , somehow , we recognised one another . |
| 11 | Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done . |
| 12 | She made appointments to meet me at different places : restaurants , art galleries . |
| 13 | The fact that the Prime Minister of Great Britain had twice flown to Germany to intercede with him , and on the third occasion had hurried across Europe with the heads of the French and Italian Governments to meet him at the shortest possible notice , constituted a personal triumph for Hitler . |
| 14 | In effect , the publisher disposes of the remnant of his edition to one or more dealers at a knock-down price and allows the dealers to sell them at whatever price they like . |
| 15 | The next morning breakfast was laid ready in the dining room for the Bradfords ' guests to help themselves at whatever hour they chose to rise . |
| 16 | Detectives say that had Mr Hughes been the intended target it would have been much easier for loyalists to attack him at his Carryduff home in south Belfast . |
| 17 | The ‘ slot and bar ’ access has been designed to allow cyclists to negotiate it at low speeds or dismounted . |
| 18 | The ‘ slot and bar ’ access has been designed to allow cyclists to negotiate it at low speeds or dismounted . |
| 19 | Nor was hegemony an inevitable or universal phenomenon , and conscious efforts to combat it at the ideological level were a necessary part of the socialist project . |
| 20 | Several months before , he had been almost sleek , thanks to fourteen-mile walks and his wife 's efforts to police him at the table . |
| 21 | We may think we are an uncaring society but in this matter of looking after our own , we are most emphatically not : for every hundred old people only one is in a home and then often after enormous efforts to help them at home have failed . |
| 22 | In all your efforts to help her at this crucial time the most important thing to remember is to try to reduce her anxiety by being as relaxed and quietly optimistic about her future as you can , and to restrain her from making any major decisions hastily , regarding such matters as the disposal of property or moving house , as she may regret this later on when she is feeling less depressed . |
| 23 | No , this was their home ; they did n't want strangers to disturb them at 29 Champney Road . |
| 24 | erm , er and I 'm have to take some time over this , so I think erm in the circumstances the better thing to do would be to adjourn this case till Monday morning and hope that Mr can so arrange his affairs to address me at half past ten on that day , er with Mr and with erm , whatever rights he has to erm deal with matters of this , come up a fresh in reply and to finish off , I 'm gon na leave it like that , a very much , and as I say as far , as far as tomorrow 's concerned that 's er not a difficulty with erm , either Mr informs me which is unlikely or I can , at least get a , make a start , er on the other aspects of the judgement , alright then half past ten on Monday morning |
| 25 | They would be grateful for anyone who has photographs , correspondence , or just memories to contact them at : |
| 26 | Chris and Patrick made no objection when he took their glasses to replenish them at his cocktail cabinet . |
| 27 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 28 | In spite of this , innovation by individuals and communities of farmers in Africa will continue , and for the most part will enable rural families to maintain themselves at a reasonable level of nutrition . |
| 29 | The latest phase obliges vehicles delivering a wide range of food products to keep them at a temperature of no more than 8C . |
| 30 | Instead of inviting my patients to see me at 10-minute intervals — generally I offer them each 10 minutes of my time — I shall invite the lot to attend at 9 o'clock in the morning . |