Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | so what kind of time have I got at the moment ? |
2 | Many times while going to school have I grasped at a wall or tree to recall myself from this abyss of idealism to the reality . |
3 | That evening is I crouched at the back of the slit trench , swatting the mauses and listening to the sound of shells passing over and the rain dripping steadily in through the entrance to the trench , I stared at the pool of water getting larger and hoped that the rain would soon stop , if it does n't I 'm in for an uncomfortable night . |
4 | When I was er I started at the North Mid , but I was only there a few months |
5 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
6 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
7 | She 's gon na take them and do them , get them done at the thing and then take it home . |
8 | This was by far London 's worst display and it leaves them rooted at the foot of the European Division with a 1–2 record . |
9 | Had she looked at the living Rachaela as now Rachaela looked at Ruth ? |
10 | Or have n't you looked at the divorce statistics recently ? |
11 | Have you looked at the daily chart she fills in that records all those details ? ’ asked Tom . |
12 | Can you sort of have you looked at the federation videos that we 've got now . |
13 | was she sat at the bottom you know |
14 | " And see you hanged at the end of it , like as not . |
15 | Are you surprised at the world 's loss of memory/Still the spirit of the old/is born in their young/The apples fall not far away/from the family tree . |
16 | Are you excited at the prospect of its opening — angry , totally bored with the subject ? |
17 | Er how much of the money you 've spent , what proportion , all , most of the total , about half or less than half the total have you spent at a shop . |
18 | And at the main counter , er of the total amount you 've spent in the last year , both on your own stamp collection and on gifts to other collectors , which you do n't do , how much have you spent at the main counter ? |
19 | It 's Of the total amount you 've spent in the last year , both on your own , how much have you spent at the main It does n't ask you how much you spent anywhere . |
20 | Was it , were you married at the time ? |
21 | The landowner was letting the buildings return to dust , but no doubt he would be grateful to have them re-stored at no cost to himself . |
22 | Yes well it was er we lived at the top of the second hill and this school was at the bottom . |
23 | Erm , she started really by , well th well there is two of them involved at the time , but they started by reading a book on the subject and really just talking to me about it certainly , because I mean they really did n't understand , you know because food to them is just food , you know it was just some meal they had to eat because they were hungry and they could n't understand why I had got this whole thing completely distorted . |
24 | them split at the end |
25 | On the feet were home-made boots with double tongues : ‘ They were made by the village cobbler and cost fourteen shillings : they 'd last about two years if you got them clumped at the end of the first year . ’ |
26 | The old newspapers that had been placed underneath her crackled at the movement . |
27 | Half an hour later the sister had her organized at a table in the day room , with writing paper and pen and a cup of sugary tea . |
28 | What had they said at the last ? |
29 | The the form that we have currently the er sta statements are they called at the moment ? |
30 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |