Example sentences of "[vb -s] at [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he wonders at his own sanity when he hears of the wealth of some of his rivals . |
| 2 | ( Abberley looks at his own cardiograph for a time . |
| 3 | After hundreds of training cycles , the computer arrives at its own rules for reaching the same diagnosis as its human mentor . |
| 4 | Vic grimaces at his own reflection , as if to say : come off it , no identity crises , please . |
| 5 | Mo was saying that each child progresses at his own rate , and that later lulls regularly offset the apparent advances of their early years . |
| 6 | It 's something I think everyone recognizes at their own , that village school plays more than just the function of educating children , in small village communities . |
| 7 | The likeable Glover , a most sympathetic horseman , trains at his own Pinewood Stables at Carburton , near Worksop , which sounds horrendously urban , but is n't . |
| 8 | He shies at his own shadow and he 's as stubborn as a pig . |
| 9 | The effectiveness of training can be maintained if the training scheme incorporates features such as smaller learning steps and ‘ discovery learning ’ where the trainee proceeds at his own pace using his own strategies ( Belbin 1965 ) . |
| 10 | The control under the Act covered all users of water , apart from those taking town supplies , whether they were pumping from a river or had installed extensive catchment works at their own expense . |
| 11 | This organ works at its own rate and there 's almost nothing you can do to speed it up . |