Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten years later however the BBC asked me at very short notice to compile a programme to celebrate the Queen Mother 's eighty-fifth birthday . |
| 2 | Future Image maintains that the extension to a wider base has won them at least half a dozen valuable new clients , and he thinks its the way forward for all agencies . |
| 3 | Qh5 where I expected White 's threats to grant him at least adequate compensation for the two sacrificed pieces , an assessment borne out by post-mortem analysis . |
| 4 | We found him at least two of my officers did , in a bath full of boiling water in the shower rooms . |
| 5 | When I revisited the place in 1974 , I found it at once grim and beautiful , at once an irrelevance to my present life and a painfully inevitable part of what I was , what I am , and what I always shall be . |
| 6 | Donegal 's insistence on playing the short ball out of defence cost them at least two points , a luxury they could never afford in a close scoring game . |
| 7 | I reckon the average user will keep it in working order for ages — I kill them at roughly yearly intervals . |
| 8 | High Court medical negligence actions are governed by Ord 38 , r5 which requires the party intending to produce plans , photographs or models at trial to give the other side the opportunity to inspect them at least 10 days before the hearing unless the court for " special reasons " orders otherwise . |
| 9 | If you do live in the same house as your landlord and he or she wants you to leave the property then he or she must still give you at least four weeks Notice to Quit on a special form . |
| 10 | Should I collect you at about eleven , then ? |
| 11 | Pat Eddery , whose afternoon off cost him at least two winners in his battle with Roberts , left the hearing after an hour and a half . |
| 12 | I remember meeting him at about 6 o'clock one morning in an airport in the United States . |
| 13 | Of course when he was living with Beatrice — and he painted her at least fourteen times — he could resume his sittings more or less at will . |
| 14 | It took them what she reported it as soon as the office opened and they 'd done it at about ten twelve time . |
| 15 | Despite a turnover of plants in the 1960s and early 1970s , employment was maintained until the mid-1970s when a CDP study estimated it at about 4800 of whom 50% were women . |
| 16 | So it 's June from Mansfield who 's our reigning champ and Sharon from Grantham on Loot at Lunchtime we 'll do it at around half one . |
| 17 | That should give us at least half a whole time equivalent nurse on every ward . |
| 18 | What a difference it makes , it costs you at least ten pounds a night |
| 19 | We will keep all appointments on the day notified to you , or otherwise give you at least 24 hours ' notice of cancellation . |
| 20 | The last photograph of herself showed her at about twenty-five , here in the garden at Greystones , sorting apples into baskets . |
| 21 | So long as you give us at least thirty days notice , you can withdraw a minimum of £500 without penalty . |
| 22 | Providing you give us at least seven days notice you wo n't lose any interest on the amount withdrawn . |
| 23 | It costs us at least eighty five pence and we do n't live as far , well we do n't do n't live that far . |
| 24 | The problem remained also of women who had no male to give them at least partial support , because they were widowed , deserted or never married ; the census of 1911 counted 327,737 aged between 15 and 55 and thus likely to have dependent children . |
| 25 | Kingsley Barrett , the Methodist , whom Ramsey had chosen for the faculty at Durham , wrote of his belief that a special providence must watch over the Church of England to give them at least some good bishops in spite of the deplorable method of their appointment . |
| 26 | We have n't mentioned eggs to the Central Criminal Police in Helsinki but the Security Police are getting interested and we may have to give them at least some explanation of the raw egg on Kaarna 's body . |
| 27 | well my wife 's in the rag trade and this morning she 's got er , a fashion show starting , and I 'll bet you , I do n't know this , but I 'll bet you at least two of her manufacturers will have sent her samples to put in that show which probably will arrive at nine o'clock this morning . |
| 28 | It 's gon na cost him at least fifteen quid for me to wipe it off . |
| 29 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
| 30 | To qualify for the Robert Owen card — named after the man whose ideas formed the basis of the co-operative movement — people have to agree to use it at least ten times a year . |