Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other tribe , however , finds twins fearful , appalling , degrading , an aberration , because you see only animals have litters of young and therefore twins are considered to be inferior , a threat , so much so , in fact , that this latter tribe ritually murders them at birth . |
| 2 | Some people stress the need to protect innocent children from the misuse of adult power ; others see the way forward as one of liberating and empowering children , even if this places them at risk . |
| 3 | ‘ No , it 's not that … he owes me at poker . ’ |
| 4 | all the same , that she wants me at home , though she does n't like me , and she could never admit that she might need me … " |
| 5 | My voice holds them at bay . |
| 6 | Especially now that his grandfather is no longer as robust as he once was , and needs him at Arrancay . ’ |
| 7 | Even Lucy 's friend — and later lover — M. Paul seeks advice from the Church , and questions her at length about her Protestant theology , before they become seriously attached . |
| 8 | A local authority may therefore bring proceedings : ( i ) to prevent parents from removing a child accommodated by the local authority under voluntary arrangements where a return home is likely to harm the child significantly ; ( ii ) to protect a child who has been significantly harmed in the past where this is likely to happen again because , for example , a parent is known to abuse in certain recurring circumstances ; ( iii ) to protect a child who has never been harmed where the family history clearly places him at risk , eg a new born or a child reaching an age at which other children in the family have been harmed . |
| 9 | He meets me at Heathrow . |
| 10 | Father nearly always meets you at school . ’ |
| 11 | It is Gina who meets you at La Sabina and arranges your cab to your holiday home or your hire car . |
| 12 | STUART BAILIE meets him at home in San Francisco , and finds Mr Lucky 's trademark suit — and sauce — thankfully intact |
| 13 | My mother 's in despair — says she ca n't look her MP in the face when she meets him at Church . |
| 14 | When his wife ( Pat Heywood ) meets him at John o' Groats , they do not speak at all or , if they do , we can not hear them as if they were already far away . |
| 15 | Harvey Thorneycroft , Hunter 's Northampton colleague , replaces him at Leicester , and there is a change on the other wing caused by the withdrawal of French centre Franck Mesnel with a twisted knee . |
| 16 | SOME families are more given to kissing than others ; one sees them at railway stations kissing a whole carriage-full of friends as they prepare to say goodbye . |
| 17 | Pumice deposits , in fact , are usually much better preserved and more informative when one sees them at points some way from the vent . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the time of death that concerns me at present , sir , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ The thing to do now is to explain the situation as it affects you at present . |
| 20 | It is a magic one , though only modestly so : ‘ He that blows it at need shall set fear in the hearts of his enemies and joy in the hearts of his friends , and they shall hear him and come to him . ’ |
| 21 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 22 | The official guide starts the walk at Calenzana in the north and ends it at Conca , and most walkers tackle it that way . |
| 23 | ‘ I am a registered general nurse and , although I love my work , it depresses me at times to have to work shifts , both day and night . |
| 24 | Visitors unencumbered by cars get an even better introduction by embarking at Glenfinnan on the small passenger boat that plies the seventeen miles of Loch Shiel and delivers them at Acharacle without effort on their part : an idyllic cruise . |
| 25 | If you are lucky , you may even see Nancy Blackett at anchor among the little yachts and ancient barges and houseboats , although her present owner , Michael Rines , usually keeps her at Ipswich . |
| 26 | It 's like when Victor clunks me at chess . |
| 27 | The Australian 's 61 off 69 balls , at a time when Tim Munton was making other batsmen jump , was of the highest quality and serves as a warning to other sides what awaits them at Chelmsford . |
| 28 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |
| 29 | The supplier sends copies of new books ( or stock revision collections ) to the librarian , who examines them at leisure and decides whether to retain ( probably ordering extra copies ) or return . |
| 30 | A gem of a country station awaits you at GOATHLAND complete with cast-iron footbridge and colourful gardens . |