Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Most country and metropolitan district councils in England and Wales hold definitive maps , and you can ask to see them at council offices or sometimes at the public library .
2 In addition , some Compact employers may wish to invite parents to visit their premises to see them at work .
3 ‘ Hello , ’ she said hoarsely , pleased to see them at ease with each other again .
4 In the afternoons fishermen in small skiffs laid nets along the low island of reeds which lay between us and the main channel , returning to gather them at night .
5 An , if we fail to support them at home , we 'll only have ourselves to blame .
6 So do find opportunities to play with your child , and also the time , occasionally , to observe him/her at play with other children .
7 Richard Wiles went to meet them at home .
8 Some of the defenders of the domestic load , such as Dennis Bellamy ( chairman of the Yorkshire Board ) , occasionally quoted cost and load data to justify their views , but these were based on such a biased sample of observations that it was difficult for any serious enquirer to accept them at face value .
9 It is always a pleasure to meet you at Link meetings and other events .
10 Remember that you will put your job at risk if you allow your partner to distract you at work .
11 Ramsey was asked to meet him at dinner in Magdalene before the meeting and to second the vote of thanks in the Guildhall .
12 Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him .
13 Go to find her at lunch-time , throw my arms round her and promise my never-ending life-long devotion .
14 He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys .
15 Deborah invited me to meet her at home in North London , and mentioned on the phone that her mum , Elaine , would like to meet me too .
16 ‘ You can give me another place to meet her at night-time , a more private place , which she can choose and no one will be able to find out . ’
17 " She only agreed to it because I used to know him at school . "
18 A spiral perm can cost over £100 but do n't be tempted to try it at home to save money .
19 Even Barcelona would be pushed to meet it at present .
20 So they 'll send to Castle Tioram for men to meet us at dawn .
21 Sorry I was going to go down to get an authorization from Age Concern , I missed the first bit , but erm if resources are allowed for this work , would it not be better to aim them at priority areas , and not wards , I mean , in other words , to put it to the areas that needed most .
22 Virginia Bottomley , Minister for Health , has announced that some people on low incomes who also find it difficult to visit their local opticians will be able to get help from the NHS to pay for the optician to visit them at home .
23 Below : When shooting cichlids they show their colours best when not stressed so try to shoot them at home in their shelters .
24 Most companies do not have the facility to counsel you at work .
25 Joan Allen was 74 years old when her son asked her general practitioner to visit her at home .
26 At first I had thought she would recover , but when I learned her illness was serious , I decided to visit her at night , for what might be the last time .
27 ‘ You 'll understand that I 'm loath to set him at liberty without some guarantee .
28 In poetry such a transport is evoked by a pattern of words ( selected by the poet perhaps with the most intense thought and effort ) , which stabilizes it and allows me to evaluate it at leisure .
29 Not surprisingly , it costs less for New York and New Jersey to send their rubbish halfway across America than to tip it at home .
30 Miss D'Arcy took the compliment , appreciated the censure and the mocking of Mrs Crump , and smiled the smile of the dumbly adoring at Hope , who was alerted by such a perfect response but nevertheless willing at this stage to receive it at face value .
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