Example sentences of "[pers pn] at [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must apologise for disturbing you at such a late hour , ’ Potter said . |
| 2 | He thought that he left the church unnoticed , but Isobel saw him as she stepped out of her pew , and , as far as anything could penetrate to her at such a time , she was touched by his solicitude . |
| 3 | No doubt he was getting a great deal of macho satisfaction at finding her at such a disadvantage . |
| 4 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 5 | Should I part with it at such a price , the weavers would rise upon the very shop . |
| 6 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 7 | On her return to Austria , she was careful to keep her new hobby a secret from her parents , who ‘ would not have considered it at all a proper pastime for a young girl ’ . |
| 8 | The next key question is whether such a strategic pricing policy will deter the rival from entering the market by offering it at most a zero NPV . |
| 9 | He told me that if I bought this land at five pounds a dunum , he and his friend would buy it from me at twenty-five a dunum . |
| 10 | To abandon them at such a moment implies that they did not , after all , mean so much to the animal — they were not a ‘ safe haven ’ in quite the way they had pictured themselves . |
| 11 | Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time . |