Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , I did n't have any idea er that I was going to start , obviously , er , but er , I first started at home in the backroom and had letters all over the floor . |
| 2 | Turning now to those carers who said in their first interview that they wanted their relative to remain at home , one would expect that those in the action sample would be more likely to have retained that preference than those in the control sample ( assuming that the project has provided extra home care when needed and therefore indirectly or directly assisted or relieved the principal carers ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I remember when you first started at SIS . |
| 4 | When she first arrived at SIS as a student , Anne had an affair with some chap in her year and when it broke up , she decided she wanted to leave . |
| 5 | For rural weavers the habit of association was in itself sufficient to produce at need an organisation to provide deputations or conduct strikes , and this habit was reinforced rather than created by more formal links such as village friendly or burial clubs . |
| 6 | She was , fundamentally , a good person but the side we all saw at work was the side that could not cope with the constant expansion of the business . |
| 7 | A kiss under the mistletoe is something we all expect at Christmas and teddy bears are no exception . |
| 8 | ‘ Although we both live at home , we actually do n't see much of each other during the week . |
| 9 | How much are they supposed to do at home ? |
| 10 | They all came at Christmas . |
| 11 | Erm about income tax are they all taxed at source or do we have to do that separately . |
| 12 | Would they all meet at Father 's as usual ? |
| 13 | It 's alleged Gary Corbett held her by the legs and swung her against a wall at the flat in which they all lived at Forest Green in Nailsworth , near Stroud in Gloucestershire . |
| 14 | Do they all talk at school like that ? |
| 15 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 16 | Contrary to popular belief , not all students know how to read when they first arrive at college . |
| 17 | For example , Mrs Benson , an architect married to an architect ( they both work at home ) , begins her description of a weekday thus : |
| 18 | Although innovative schemes have made it possible to maintain at home people with disabilities that were once thought to require hospital or residential care , it is unrealistic to suggest that institutional care could be entirely dispensed with . |
| 19 | It all began at lunch . |
| 20 | Ask a man why he first looks at Page 3 and he 's hardly likely to say ‘ Witty titties ’ . |
| 21 | Thus , the absence of a common framework for evaluating risks can make it difficult to arrive at consensus decisions . |
| 22 | He found it difficult to sleep at night , anxious lest his delay might cause further tragedy at Godstowe . |
| 23 | When he was not bowling , his cat-like fielding at midwicket kept an appreciative crowd happy . |
| 24 | Henry VIII was the first monarch to dine on turkey , but Edward VII made it fashionable to eat at Christmas . |