Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seventeen killed in them houses at the top of our street . |
| 2 | It was the summer 1989 when I went down to the golf club with a friend and played around with him after that I borrowed his clubs quite regularly and practised eventually mum & Dad chipped in and I bought myself a set of clubs well to be exact I bought myself a bag of three iron and a putter during the next two years I had saved up and built up my set of clubs until I had a half set of irons and 2 woods during that time I had always left my clubs at the golf club to save me taking the clubs to the course every time I played . |
| 3 | I mean I have to pay for my books at the end of the year but that 's all . |
| 4 | I was still living with my parents at the time and I 'd not long passed my driving test — with Bernie 's assistance — so I borrowed my old man 's Austin Cambridge one Sunday morning and drove over to Nick 's . |
| 5 | I did n't say anything about this to my parents at the time , but the sight haunted me for years . |
| 6 | Sometimes they broke into my classes at the university , carrying pictures of Franco and Primo de Rivera and chanting Falangist slogans or singing army songs , and shouting maricone ! maricone ! |
| 7 | In all my years at the club I can not remember such a sensational line up of prizes as are on offer here . |
| 8 | As I was quite unable to organise the shop myself and continue with my studies at the university I quickly came to the conclusion that I would have to appoint a temporary manager . |
| 9 | In the belief that it was time a woman was honest about the experience , my paintings try to convey the sensation of giving birth and my feelings at the time . |
| 10 | Then I picked up my things at the stationer 's and walked home , ignoring the distressing tugs of the magnetic field , which made me feel I 'd wasted my morning by not doing the thing I 'd set out to do . |
| 11 | ‘ If you 'd prefer to not risk my efforts at the barbecue I can easily set off for home right now . |
| 12 | Weeks go by in which , though I attend to my chores at the computer , I feel mostly like the unwilling bride of the house . |
| 13 | ‘ Wot 's more , one of my customers at the Inn 'as proof positive that the election was rigged . |
| 14 | I meet some of my customers at the start , running for charity , who thump me on the back and feel good because there 's someone they recognise in the milling crowd of shivering runners . |
| 15 | I shall try to do so and also follow your suggestion of writing down my dreams at the time of waking . |
| 16 | The expensive , state-of-the-art scoreboard ablur with speeding rows of changing numbers and names confirmed my announcements at the speed of light , and the almost unanimous winner was Stephen Lee Garden . |
| 17 | I was wearing my coat and my gloves at the park . |
| 18 | ‘ I left my trunks at the house . ’ |
| 19 | NEXT day I took the advice I had been given by my friends at the Union and went to see the exhibition of the Bibliotheca Corviniana in the National Library on Castle Hill , partly because Matthias I , or Matthias Hunyadi , known as Corvinus because of the crow motif on his banners , was one of the most striking and decisive characters in East European history , straddling the histories of Transylvania , Hungary , Bohemia and Austria . |
| 20 | Now my moth , now my friends at the mother , mother and baby group have joined the water babies class at the local pool , but I feel so nervous I ca n't go . |
| 21 | Hooker Olver , the England bench reserve for a record 27 times , explained : ‘ My friends at the Stoop did n't expect to be playing for the club at Easter , but now their re-arranged league game with Orrell is on the Monday . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm bored with my friends at the moment . ’ |
| 23 | Yes , but I think the young lady has managed to meet with my requirements at the moment . ’ |
| 24 | I have a pee , then I wash my hands at the sink . |
| 25 | When I wrote to my new employer conveying my regrets at the situation , I received by reply from America instructions to recruit a new staff ‘ worthy of a grand old English house ’ . |
| 26 | I drew myself up to my full 4 feet 8 inches , flared my pupils at the teacher , picked up my scarlet skirt , Vivien Leigh-style , and , with a thud , parquet met felt and felt met parquet . |
| 27 | I think the Prince of Wales may have told Sir Thomas so , after he asked for my services at the banquet . |
| 28 | So was I. The expectant mother was sixteen years old and one of my students at the school in Barcelona where I was five months into my first teaching job . |
| 29 | ‘ To your beauty , ’ he said , though my looks at the time were nothing to write home about , ‘ coupled with the birthday of the King of Bulgaria . ’ |
| 30 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |