Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 2 | You know , I mean even at these diet clubs , oh well , you know do n't stop going out just eat what you , but if you go out and you 're eating sweets for you know , after your dinner |
| 3 | I do intend to er to attend inaugural meetings with each of the C P O s er with a view to looking I mean obviously at some stages you said to me that I would probably have to attend at short notice |
| 4 | I was once put on a discipline charge because I had to cycle from here to Lark Lane police station on a very windy day and I got there at eleven |
| 5 | ‘ I got there at ten a.m. and was done by one p. m . |
| 6 | The Plaza cinema had columns outside it , so I got there at ten to six , got behind the pillar and thought , ‘ If I do n't fancy her when I see her , I wo n't come out . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm sorry to report that I behaved rudely at this point . |
| 8 | When I came here at first , the side were top of the First Division , but there was no apparent feeling for the game . |
| 9 | This lady was typical of the many I came across at these events . |
| 10 | No I came home at half two today . |
| 11 | how I look just at this second or anything ! |
| 12 | I arrived there at ten-thirty to find an ashen-faced Geraldine hunched in a chair by the door . |
| 13 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 14 | I have to admit that on a good day I find little at all wrong with the prospect of a ride in a new BMW , and Patterson was obviously well-pleased with his material rewards of Yuppiedom . |
| 15 | One Friday afternoon , I looked steadily at one of those great green trees for ten minutes , and knew then I would not want to teach in grammar schools for ever . |
| 16 | To find out I looked closely at all the reptile faunas known from the Triassic ; that is , I looked at each separate assemblage of reptiles that was known to live in any one place at any one time . |
| 17 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 18 | And I recall that I laughed aloud at that stage and I believe ( the agent ) joined me in that . |
| 19 | ‘ I went home at 9.30 , grey and scared . |
| 20 | So thank you very much indeed , for coming , for addressing us , and we look forward I think both at national level and as you suggest , at local level with ever more valuable and productive relationships with the private sector , together with the other partners which , er , whom we need , and thank you for leading us along this |
| 21 | At least I think so at any rate . |
| 22 | I think maybe at first she should have a morning meeting , or a weekly meeting , to discuss the menus for the following week . |
| 23 | And we should look also I think perhaps at some quality factors er which might be written into the lease since there are some some things which I think we 're all less than satisfied with er you know customer complaints and the way they 're dealt with . |
| 24 | I smiled obediently at this never-before-heard witticism , and followed him to a tank of Koi . |
| 25 | I did just at first , because I missed my Mum , so I used to go back to visit her . |
| 26 | In contrast with the night before , I slept scarcely at all . |
| 27 | So I come there at this morning with cramp in my leg and I said I 've hardly had that , |
| 28 | ‘ I left home at twenty-one . |
| 29 | I left home at 15 to become a footballer , she was really proud of me ; she encouraged me to go but I know she wanted me at home . |
| 30 | As I tutted disparagingly at each new display , my senses were suddenly arrested by an overpowering and delightful smell of gently sizzling bacon . |