Example sentences of "[prep] our [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abseiling back down I notice that Katie , my wife , is traversing towards our gear at the base of the crag . |
| 2 | You published last week an account of our ordeal at the hands of burglars who left us barricaded for 37 hours in a tiny bathroom . |
| 3 | The restructuring has not only provided the opportunity to gather the best of our expertise at the new centres and better serve our clients through local offices but will also provide for much greater efficiency and make us better placed to meet the ever changing demands of the 90s . |
| 4 | In the case of managing risk , as the first part of our look at the subject ( see page 34 ) makes clear , it means not only protecting the workforce from hazards but actively using its unique knowledge of the organisation to map them out . |
| 5 | The problems become acute from the vantage of electronic geographic information as was made quite clear to participants in the seminar on The Future of Our Landscape at the Royal Society ( London ) in October 1992 . |
| 6 | Although strict licensing is the limit of our intent at the present , the industry is put on guard and attention is drawn to the Dangerous Dogs Legislation , with compulsory muzzling and neutering for persistent offenders . |
| 7 | We seem to spend the whole of our adolescence at the mercy of our erectile tissues , bending and buckling to the whim of our most troublesome organ . |
| 8 | I 've stayed at my desk until half past seven , writing up the minutes of our meeting at the Treasury — even doing a little preparation for a series of consultations I have to begin tomorrow in connection with the Annual Assessment . |
| 9 | ‘ Much of the talk of our record at the ground tends to be irrelevant , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It was even more frightening when we reached the cooler highlands , where at night people would huddle on the road for warmth , barely visible and apparently asleep , yet able to leap dexterously out of our path at the last moment . |
| 11 | At present we 're spending much of our time at the hospital , as a visitor — because our mother 's turned up at last . |
| 12 | Just compare the broadsheet coverage of our conference at the end of September with that for the Law Society 's conference last weekend ! |
| 13 | With our guide at the ready , every Hooray Triumphus in the land will soon be eating out of your hand . |
| 14 | the effect was to be sitting on the bench … when leee scored everyone ( Wilko and co ) were looking into our box at the TV for a replay . |
| 15 | Upon our arrival at the foot of the stairs the dog made it plain that stairs were an innovation he 'd not encountered before , by staging the first of many sit-down strikes . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , I 've heard from our man at the post office that our letter was handed to him when he called yesterday . ’ |
| 17 | As can be seen from our position at the bottom , it is a secret we have yet to uncover . |
| 18 | Last summer , following on from our display at the Royal Norfolk Show , we participated in a Festival to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Norfolk Federation of Women 's Institutes . |
| 19 | It is , however , something that he will be given by Conservative Members and I am sure that he will want to make the most of it before — sadly — he retires from our midst at the next general election . |
| 20 | Now , we 're in a delicate position as we all have heard this morning from our colleague at the Devonport dockyard . |
| 21 | From our mooring at the pier , panting in the heat , we walked up a long steep , straight track , which led to the main village where accommodation in private houses was to be allocated ; there were no hotels or pensiones . |
| 22 | Our body clock has adjusted readily enough to the delay in our life-style at the weekend ( remember that the free-running period is more than 24 hours ) , but is less easily advanced , as is required , on Sunday night and Monday morning ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 23 | erm this is , I think , one of the dilemmas we have in our society at the moment . |
| 24 | Er our only problem is that some of our housing is concentrated in rather large blocks , and that does put pressure looking for v var variety of sites in the county and we are erm getting a lot of objection for some potential development sites in our area at the present moment . |
| 25 | Alan Hansen , of Ipswich Port Authority , said : ‘ We have had quite a severe downturn in our business at the West Bank terminal . |
| 26 | Everything hurts in our family at the moment does n't it ? |
| 27 | With all the uncertainty and anxiety in our industry at the moment , it 's good to see that we 've not forgotten the needs of African farmers who anxieties are often far more acute than our own . |
| 28 | I changed in The Bun Shop and slipped through an alley to the Lion to be confronted by a police sergeant and two bobbies and there was no way that I and the sheep would put on our act at the Lion . |
| 29 | Did it exploit the clashing elements of land and water , feeding on our anxiety at the concept of amphibianism ? |
| 30 | There was a whole platoon of black-and-whites on our tail at the outset , but we lost them one by one . |