Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other sketchbooks contain swift pencil notations which correspond to oil paintings , although it is not entirely clear what function they served and whether Monet consulted them at any later stage in the evolution of his compositions . |
| 2 | Very good of you to see me at such short notice . ’ |
| 3 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 4 | As they moved from one high-ceilinged panelled room to the next , signs of disorder and decay met them at each open door . |
| 5 | Twenty pounds no one want them at twenty twenty pounds twenty pounds , all done then at twenty pounds only ? |
| 6 | They do n't want to know you at any other time … but most of them are n't like that here . |
| 7 | I think they can buy it at twenty eight . |
| 8 | At least , if the resources in question were printed ones we would not consider it at all acceptable for teachers to be compiling course bibliographies solely from their own publications . |
| 9 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 10 | ‘ While I might have had difficulty believing you at that particular moment two years ago , it was two years ago . |
| 11 | How happy it would have made her at any other time . |
| 12 | Estimates put it at 40,000 million gallons of flood water . |
| 13 | Some 64pc of those entitled to Family Credit receive it at any one time . |
| 14 | But you can never quite identify it at any given moment . |
| 15 | So long as they do n't do it at those two times a day . |
| 16 | The only way you can do it at any particular point that 's the trouble . |
| 17 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 18 | It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment . |
| 19 | Abuelo said , coughing , ‘ It is Shelley , is it , waking me at this unearthly hour ? ’ |
| 20 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 21 | unless I hear from you tomorrow night for any reason , we 'll see you at nine forty fiveish , on Saturday |
| 22 | Erm let's yes alright we 'll see you at five thirty , let's hope we can conclude by about seven thirty . |
| 23 | In all your efforts to help her at this crucial time the most important thing to remember is to try to reduce her anxiety by being as relaxed and quietly optimistic about her future as you can , and to restrain her from making any major decisions hastily , regarding such matters as the disposal of property or moving house , as she may regret this later on when she is feeling less depressed . |
| 24 | Mr Major said Opposition leader John Smith 's message was like Napoleon 's : ‘ Not tonight Josephine , we 'll debate it at some other time ’ . |
| 25 | We 'll debate it at some other time . |
| 26 | In a way , the most important word in the whole of that speech is probably ‘ nature ’ — ‘ I feel the link of nature draw me ’ because here now Adam is using the word nature as , I suppose , he would not have used it at any earlier point in the poem . |
| 27 | I consider that she would have found a job by early Autumn and therefore the sum must be more than a , nearly a year 's earnings and I assess it at eight thousand pounds . |
| 28 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 29 | Look at that place in Southampton , can do me a disc drive for two hundred quid or whatever it was , I do n't know why but I ca n't remember the price , but let's keep it at two hundred pound , And he phoned them up and said oh your price is very good on that one . |
| 30 | Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ? |