Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a kind of innocence about them at that stage , Rufus thought . |
| 2 | She felt her feet trailing through the weeds that grew at the side of the track , nettles and thistles tearing her skin as she was dragged through them at high speed . |
| 3 | Teenage magazines often have stories about girls who fall in love with handsome , exciting young men who do n't care for them at all while ignoring the nice , but rather ordinary , boy-next-door who thinks the world of them . |
| 4 | Look out for them at major department stores . |
| 5 | You were gon na work for them at one point Rich . |
| 6 | When they did not return that night , Richard led a search party for them at first light the following morning . |
| 7 | We combine these by choosing just a few random points in them , say two or three , and copying from the first string up to the first point ; then copying from the second up to the second point ; then copying from the first again ; and so on , switching between them at each point . |
| 8 | There was no bitterness between them at this stage . |
| 9 | Consequently , the temperature contrast between them at any level is smaller than the temperature difference between top and bottom . |
| 10 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
| 11 | I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody . |
| 12 | ‘ For me at any rate , ‘ I reply . |
| 13 | The combination of purple-red flowers and cream variegated foliage of Buddleia davidii ‘ Harlequin ’ may not suit all tastes but least appealing of all , for me at any rate , is the purple-flowered phlox , also called ‘ Harlequin ’ , whose leaves are generously splashed with cream , a combination which does not work for me . |
| 14 | It 's certainly never anything stronger than that , for me at any rate , but the guests can have what they like . |
| 15 | A parallel pleasure and comfort , for me at any rate , was to watch the Jews . |
| 16 | ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’ |
| 17 | The main thing for me at this stage in my career is to be in a well organised team which will help me win the 250 World Championship . |
| 18 | ‘ Every game is a bonus for me at this stage of my career and I 'm enjoying my football . ’ |
| 19 | They were concerned to be caring and look after him at this time of tragedy , and he was just not really taking in what had happened . |
| 20 | He shot after him at high speed . |
| 21 | ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end . |
| 22 | The sail had been a hindrance , making sport of me at each whim of the wind , so I lowered it . |
| 23 | But I felt dreadful , like a bloated lump with one leg and no hair , so there are n't any photos of me at that time at all . |
| 24 | The meeting of the Central Committee lasted two long days , during which eighty-eight delegates spoke , some of them at great length . |
| 25 | Two of them at New Drove are downstairs and one is an upstairs . |
| 26 | He had an alley mate , the man on the next machine , who pulled the levers for both of them at one end while William 's grandad pulled for them both at the other . |
| 27 | There were five of them at one table and they were the only ones still outside . |
| 28 | but I 'd never put any of them at Right Back again , Or buy somebody . |
| 29 | But the dreariness , the frightful struggle of life , the indifference of people , the troublesomeness of children — he did not want to be reminded of them at that moment . |
| 30 | The six sections of that car were allocated to twelve assorted actors and crew , most of them at that point reading , talking or fast asleep . |