Example sentences of "[pron] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrying on with someone at a finishing school . ’ |
| 2 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 3 | Someone claimed to have heard him on the radio from Darwin — but it was always someone at a third hand remove ; someone who had heard it from someone who had heard it from someone . |
| 4 | Apart from our regular rehearsals we often found ourselves at a loose end and would all troop round together . |
| 5 | But she knew he had her at a complete disadvantage , and he knew it , too . |
| 6 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 7 | Dulé saw him fall , and ran , swung himself up the smooth wall of the redoubt where the gunners were hard at work , and found himself at a mere arm 's length from one . |
| 8 | Sometimes , the Minister will take the point of a desired amendment , but not like the proposed amendment itself and thus undertake instead to arrange for amendment himself at a later stage . |
| 9 | A business mistake is made , and it is assumed that the mistake would have been avoided if somebody at a higher position in the organization had known about it , or had intervened . |
| 10 | The autobiographical source of the novel also goes some way to explaining the method of presentation of Antoine 's character which at a personal level reflects a tension between a father and a son , and at a historical level reflects a tension between two different epochs . |
| 11 | It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one 's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one 's ability and beyond , so that thereafter one has new standards by which to judge oneself . |
| 12 | This effectively spreads out the resonance peak ( which at a steady temperature is very sharp ) , and produces strong coupling at a range of temperatures . |
| 13 | In the case of the treaty it gave the opportunity for the Red Army to be created , which at a later date was able to go on to the offensive . |
| 14 | It had to be ‘ a real government which at a later point could even become a coalition ’ . |
| 15 | He called it Boozebusters and the idea was that wives ( and more rarely , husbands ) who were fed up with their partner 's non-stop round of office parties would hire a Boozebuster squad to snatch the miscreant from the pub , or wine-bar or restaurant or even the office itself at a pre-arranged time . |
| 16 | The Patriotic People 's Front ( PPF ) , the umbrella grouping which had comprised the HSWP and other parties represented in the government before liberalization measures were introduced , decided to dissolve itself at a national conference in May 1990 following the poor election result . |
| 17 | A star can therefore maintain itself at a constant radius by a balance between the attraction of gravity and the repulsion that arises from the exclusion principle , just as earlier in its life gravity was balanced by the heat . |
| 18 | Doubts about a rapid economic up-turn had been expressed by US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady , who at a parallel meeting of G-7 finance ministers indicated that economic growth in the US was expected to slow in the second quarter of 1992 although longer-term prospects were more hopeful . |
| 19 | Unlike most of my contemporaries , who at a similar age had wanted to be train drivers , I wanted to fly . |
| 20 | It is quite a lesson to find that without continuo yet with authentically detached string-style , plus ponderous accentuation , this sounds even slower than such a modern-style performer as Bernstein ( DG ) , who at a similar speed makes the melody soar . |
| 21 | This can be seen most notably in William Morris , who began under the influence of the group and in much of his practice clearly stayed within their cultural formation , yet who at a later period ( the 1880s ) developed the dissent from commercial civilization into outright opposition to the whole capitalist order . |
| 22 | The other part of the work is based on the experience , particularly of councils for voluntary service and other bodies like that , who at a local level are providing advice and support to voluntary groups . |
| 23 | is the scorer 's friend , who at a sensitive age looks |
| 24 | Or scanned you at a maiden aunt 's , |
| 25 | ‘ Coming at you at a hundred miles an hour , all the way from the beautiful UK , 4AD recording artistes , LUSH ! ’ |
| 26 | Even though your school may not have the most modern and well equipped building set in extensive playing fields serving a prosperous suburb this need not put you at a great disadvantage in marketing the school . |
| 27 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 28 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 29 | We will arrange collection from you at a later date of the masters and PAL copy masters , but would like you to store the NTSC and SECAM copy masters for future use . |
| 30 | on a , on how I find you at a particular time . |