Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb past] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When someone spoke at length he imposed unstated opinions or principles on his audience by assuming that they shared them . |
| 2 | It occurs sometimes in old farm catalogues — a fruitful source of old dialect words — notably in one made at Grove Farm during the last century ; one item here was listed as Hounces and Trappers . |
| 3 | This sub-paragraph is concerned with materials and artificial substances , whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour , so that the sub-paragraph covers everything used at work and all work activities . |
| 4 | Far better to spend time with your other half and obtain some support and understanding than escape to the club to leave your loved one isolated at home . |
| 5 | How many of us can say that someone changed when they took on a certain job or changed when something happened at work . |
| 6 | ‘ Something happened at work , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The Valley of the Shadow of Death was the steep lane that dropped between darkly overhanging hedgerows a few hundred yards from his home , a stony track where one walked at night whistling . |
| 8 | The first one leapt at Mogul . |
| 9 | The first one started at quarter past . |
| 10 | Of male controls , one died at age 40 of acute alcohol poisoning , one died of motor neurone disease , one had a non-fatal coronary thrombosis at age 47 , and one had vertebrobasilar insufficiency at 53 . |
| 11 | Well , I had this one bought at Christmas and I 've only just got him persuaded to let me bring the board down to do it downstairs cos you , where are we going to put it ? |
| 12 | He was adamant — although all the shareholders in the motor car felt it was time , as one did at school , to say look " I am involved " , but Buster was quite insistent that it was pointless 10 or 12 of us being flogged . |
| 13 | Another problem , and one discussed at length by Wittgenstein in BB and PI , is that definitions of the lexicographical sort have only limited relevance . |
| 14 | This identity was usually something fashioned at school , or in college . |
| 15 | As they arrived at the corner , four men walked up to them , and one pointed at Dad . |
| 16 | Anyone injured at work can obtain advice quickly from their local citizen 's advice bureau . |
| 17 | If anything happened at light you 'd be mixed up were n't you ? |