Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun pl] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Actually , I got scholarships at both universities . " |
| 2 | Do you mind if I watch Eastenders at two cos I ai n't seen it . |
| 3 | I spent hours at one of those ‘ so many ’ stone circles near Garrynahine trying to get the same angle as JTR to no avail . |
| 4 | It 's just for my bus , I get a bus that I think leaves at half twelve , and if I miss it there 's not another one that takes me to . |
| 5 | I had problems at first with the ‘ new tank syndrome ’ losing three Swordtails and a Molly . |
| 6 | I had problems at first , but I have had more help from your magazine than I could get from the instruction book especially with the Fair Isle necklines . |
| 7 | I take photographs at this stage simply to decide on the basic composition , as this saves much time . |
| 8 | It consists of a machine which emits bleeps at timed intervals . |
| 9 | The new governor of Rhode Island closed more than half the state 's banks following the collapse of a private insurance fund which guarantees deposits at 45 banks not insured by the federal government . |
| 10 | The report , which covers activities at all sites operated by the Company , underpins a new policy statement by BNFL which focuses attention on current environmental performance and potential improvement . |
| 11 | The crisis was caused by the climatic phenomenon of " thermal inversion " , which trapped emissions at near-ground level . |
| 12 | Today the skilled administrator and the ambitious politician collect the chairmanships of those entwined committees which control affairs at local and national level . |
| 13 | Vic Wilcox is in a meeting with his Marketing Director , Brian Everthorpe , who answered Vic 's summons at 9.30 complaining of contraflow holdups on the motorway , and whom Vic , himself dictating letters at 9.30 , told to come back at eleven . |
| 14 | It 's a threat which puts miners at greater risk of contracting crippling lung diseases . |
| 15 | In general it results in their avoiding owls at all costs , but occasionally they turn the tables on the killer bird — the tormented become the tormentors . |
| 16 | Three major weekend meetings ( two of which are usually on member railways ) , a quarterly illustrated journal , membership of ‘ Travelback Scheme ’ , which gives concessions at many transport museums apart from the railways listed here , and ARPS Yearbook ‘ Railways Restored ’ at a privilege price . |
| 17 | Taking effect from Nov. 18 , the reforms included ( i ) a 331/3 per cent devaluation of the currency , with an initial base exchange rate of 90 new kwanzas to the United States dollar ; ( ii ) a reduction in personal income tax , taking the top rate from 40 per cent of earned income to 15 per cent ; ( iii ) reduced consumer taxes ; ( iv ) the lifting of price ceilings on all commodities except soap , cooking oil , rice , sugar and baby milk ; ( v ) a new salary scale for public-sector workers , to compensate for the withdrawal of ration cards which had allowed them to buy goods at low prices ; and ( vi ) a minimum national salary of 12,000 kwanzas . |
| 18 | The same could be said of the TSB while if you sell shares at such low prices that they guarantee the buyers an instant and spectatular profit then a lot of people are going to say : ‘ Thank you very much indeed ’ . |
| 19 | Other families who provided JPs at different times , such as the Harcourts and the Hampdens , also feature among the Stonors ' correspondents ( 24 , i , facing 7 , 69–70 , 113–14 , 151 , ii , 57–8 ) . |
| 20 | Chris Blackshaw , who studied children at seven junior schools in Peterborough , Cambs , now wants an overhaul of PE lessons . |
| 21 | In January 1911 she took rooms at 29 rue Terre Neuve in the Paris suburb of Meudon where Rodin lived . |
| 22 | As she slammed the car door she saw curtains at lighted windows twitching up and down the road . |
| 23 | The Farnham and Alton Talking Newspaper 's technical director and co-ordinator is Reg Thompson , who welcomes enquiries at 11 Aveley Lane , Farnham ( 0252 ) 721121 . |
| 24 | Swinton has a reputation for being a difficult interviewee , when she gives interviews at all , which is n't often . |
| 25 | 29 patients who had CTs at local hospitals had to be re-examined by CT ( 25 ) or ultrasonography ( 4 ) at the National Radium Hospital , which led to major alteration of management in 4 . |
| 26 | is the reporting one is n't it and we elect officers at that one do we ? |
| 27 | Have we considered materials at all ? |
| 28 | In other words , it is due to the work of the Holy Spirit that we become Christians at all . |
| 29 | But we know we have readers at all levels ( as befits Britain 's bestselling fishkeeping magazine ) and newcomers arriving all the time . |
| 30 | Ransom strips are so called because they change hands at high values , often up to one third of the total site value . |