Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In comparison , my attempt at a letter to the programme desk is very boring . |
| 2 | OK Here is my attempt at a list of buying and sellings since Wilko took over in Sep/Oct 88 |
| 3 | I would turn down an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital . |
| 4 | I would turn down an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital . |
| 5 | What would be the point of my disagreeing with my husband at a board meeting ? |
| 6 | Recently , I tried to cancel my appearance at a benefit as my pianist was ill . |
| 7 | Then I came back here to change , before I joined my wife at a dinner party . |
| 8 | First , cavorting lunatic- savant features editor , James Brown , snogged my mate at a party . |
| 9 | I spent six of the happiest years of my life at a boarding school where the regime was spartan . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're flesh and blood , warm and yielding , bursting into my life at a time when I 'd sworn to give women a wide berth , enticing me with your large eyes and your candour , your raven hair and your loyalty … ’ |
| 11 | More importantly , the Fellowship gave me the opportunity to study a subject of my choice at a university of my choice : so ( who would not at that time ? ) |
| 12 | She ca n't know how I value my freedom , Donald , the freedom to do what I like and take advantage of the opportunity to explore a new city , learn a new language , try my hand at a way of life I did n't know existed . |
| 13 | In the first few months when I came out of the Navy I 'd tried my hand at a couple of things , and then my mother phoned me up one day and said there 's this job going at Drogo . |
| 14 | Admiral Rowe — Paul to his friends — was my host at a conference of New Generation Trek fans , a conference held in Paul 's council house . |
| 15 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 16 | I was with my grandad at a lake in Gloucestershire , night-fishing for tench by the light of a tilley lamp . |
| 17 | This folly was the first of its kind at a time when all things gothic suddenly became very fashionable . |
| 18 | Armed with walkie-talkies so we could trail her progress at a distance , we waited until noon when she nervously approached and then eagerly ate all her dinner , with the added sedatives . |
| 19 | Lecturers voiced their overwhelming support for Mrs Falconer and her sister at a meeting at RGU yesterday . |
| 20 | sometimes it may be to do with dress , demeanour , mannerisms , you know , kind of again you know people go for oh I do n't know , I mean there 's a conversation er I remember overhearing erm with some friends in Leicester and they , they go to motorbike rallies a lot and erm er they were describing an incident where they pitched their tent at a rally and some blokes came up and pitched their tent next to them and they were erm two blokes had arrived together on the same enormous immaculate motorbike and they 'd got sort of matching leather outfits erm |
| 21 | This figure was rapidly exceeded and by 1989 was carrying one million passengers annually , necessitating lengthening platforms at several stations along its route at a cost of £60,000 . |
| 22 | Both Lansdowne and Law opted to announce their resignation at a party meeting , which would revive the open warfare over tariffs that had existed before 1906 , and this would ensure the defeat of all the other party causes too . |
| 23 | Devonport 's proposal is to upgrade its dock at a cost of £162 million and last night Eain Williams , a spokesman for the yard , said that there would be no new proposals coming from it . |
| 24 | Bricklayers ' money wages , apart from a slight fall from 1736 to 1742 , were unchanged from 1717 to 1792 , and their labourers ' rates shared their constancy at a ratio of 3 : 2 . |
| 25 | By concentrating on only the fastest of fast-moving consumer goods , they keep their stock at a minimum — often selling it before having to pay suppliers . |
| 26 | They trio were allegedly caught with a booby-trap bomb when police stopped their car at a checkpoint at Upper Cairncaslte Road , Larne on April 18 last year . |
| 27 | On the night of the fatal attack Tony , who had no idea of his wife 's affair , joined her lover at a pub . |
| 28 | Ranged against these pro-Green Belt interests are those who feel that existing restraint policies have outlived their usefulness at a time of rapid socioeconomic change , and are positively detrimental to the communities they are meant to protect . |
| 29 | Even to her own ears her attempt at a laugh sounded shaky . |
| 30 | During the war she toured initially with a small company of Sadler 's Wells artists all over the country and then helped to keep the company alive by undertaking its management at a time when its very existence was threatened . |