Example sentences of "[verb] in [v-ing] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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1 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
2 | But she succeeded in holding it at bay . |
3 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
4 | Wooing first John and then Richard , Philip succeeded in keeping them at each other 's throats , or at Henry 's coat-tails , for several more years . |
5 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
6 | ‘ I meant in spotting them at all . |
7 | Extreme care should therefore be taken in prescribing them at all : if the recipient has addictive disease these drugs will make it worse . |
8 | But now , a hundred years on , certain factions persist in taking it at face value . |
9 | So far she had gained the distinct impression that being angry and obnoxious with her suited him just fine — he positively revelled in deriding her at every opportunity . |