Example sentences of "[pron] at the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I , I mean , I at the moment I 'm not doing anything about Neil 's training because we 've got coming and it 's it 's too soon to start stirring up the bud again .
2 Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up .
3 Otherwise you may find yourself later , as you sweep along on the actual business of writing , gradually drifting into producing quite another sort of book than the one you set out to write and in consequence disappointing readers ' expectations which at the beginning you had gone to trouble to arouse .
4 He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’
5 I remembered now another give-away sound which at the time I had n't noticed — a click on the line at the beginning of my conversation with the woman .
6 Well , Mr er er Mr er wife was in the room , there was a child in the room , erm which at the time I did n't even realise there were two children but er there was one child in the room and er really for decency more than anything .
7 As we know er Darwin published his great work in eighteen fifty nine cos he had to , he really did n't want to but was forced , but in eighteen seventy one he published another important book called the Descent of Man or Evolution in Relation to Sex and in this book Darwin established a principle , which a which at the time he was widely criticized and ridiculed and this was the principle of female choice .
8 Matey thought unkindly that Mrs Darrell rather liked the idea of becoming Lady Cochrane when Stair went to his last rest , which at the rate he was living might not be long .
9 We can pick out a vehicle from a line of vehicles and check the speed on that which at the moment we can not do .
10 So no particular things which at the moment you would like divisional quality managers to take on .
11 I began to see the nervousness in your eyes whenever I got too close to you , and when I kissed you at the inn I knew that Matilda had lied about one point at least .
12 You know and if it did n't be paid you at the quarter it meant you di you would n't get anything the following quarter .
13 do n't always tell you at the time they just say
14 You have my sincere hope and prayers for a safe delivery out of your troubles , and which I fear not will be granted to you , and if I am not with you at the time you will have something to present to me when I do . ’
15 I do n't have anything else that I could show you at the moment I 'm afraid .
16 Bureaux de Change operators Travelex — with booths at airports and ferry terminals — will let you change back any currency you bring back home with you at the rate you bought at if the markets move against you .
17 Yes , I just saw you at the crossroads you see
18 I got bowled over twice and lost sight of Greg completely , but when I finally got back alongside him at the green he was really excited .
19 If I could see him at the back I 'll er , I 'll just get the question a bit more clearer and I 'm sure I can help .
20 Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it .
21 When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince .
22 An odd kind of feeling took hold of him at the thought he had a daughter .
23 So she was writing to him at the time I telephoned .
24 The suggestion made there is that it is only equitable that the jurisdiction can not be exercised against a creditor unless the same conditions are applicable to him at the time he receives the payment as are applicable to jurisdiction over the debtor .
25 He had not been serious , and although she had thought herself in love with him at the time he had known that it would be a mistake for them to marry — even if Burun , who was her father , had been prepared to permit such a thing .
26 He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort .
27 When he stood beside her at the grave he longed to hold her hand , and the sight of smudges on her cheeks from weeping made his heart ache .
28 It was also important to think what she should wear , for if any of the Governors who had interviewed her only three months ago saw her at the service they would know why she was there .
29 And suddenly she felt fierce anger flare up inside her at the way he continually misjudged and denied her and seemed to reject every good and decent thing about her .
30 She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship .
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