Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The academic who describes himself at cocktail parties with the words ‘ I am a physicist ’ or ‘ I am a historian ’ is saying something about his self-perception ( essentially a researcher , not a teacher ) ; but is also saying that he subscribes to the disciplinary code imposed on its practitioners . |
| 2 | ‘ He looks better , it 's true , but some days he eats nothing at all , and other days he eats just like a healthy boy . |
| 3 | Every day she meets him at the well , and every day he repeats the same request , till at last she yields . |
| 4 | a person who contaminates himself at a site other than the original infected source |
| 5 | Therefore he is asking for trouble , and he receives it suddenly and in full measure , above the groundswell of heckling , at the hands of a divinity student who reminds him at the top of his voice about Fedka , a dangerous escaped convict now roaming ‘ our town ’ and originally a serf of Stepan 's whom he sold into military service to pay a gambling debt : |
| 6 | The simplest polygon is the equilateral triangle which echoes itself at 60° intervals . |
| 7 | The man who has nothing at his disposal can not act freely . |
| 8 | I do n't mind how many times he rings you at the phone box . |
| 9 | It is Gina who meets you at La Sabina and arranges your cab to your holiday home or your hire car . |
| 10 | The Australian 's 61 off 69 balls , at a time when Tim Munton was making other batsmen jump , was of the highest quality and serves as a warning to other sides what awaits them at Chelmsford . |
| 11 | At worst we can now doubt for reasons which are purely moral , spiritual or psychological , as in the case of someone who is incurably suspicious , a problem which has nothing at all to do with epistemology . |
| 12 | ‘ The way he makes himself at home . ’ |
| 13 | The Derry boss was in no doubt as to the task which awaits him at Tolka Park . |