Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was claimed that soldiers on a British training exercise had been caught by a fearsome ‘ flame weapon ’ which had burned dozens of them alive at the water 's edge .
2 Victory for the Cherry and Whites could take them clear at the top of the Courage League , if Orrell and Leicester come unstuck .
3 And I , and I mean it 'll be Terry and I available at the time cos I
4 Then we 'll meet ye all at the Curragh Bar for a few good old jars , and then we 'll go on to the hotel .
5 It seemed to me obvious at the time that to be a child was safer and easier than to be adult and that , specifically , to be a girl was safer and easier than to be a woman .
6 What time you due at the hairdresser , quarter to ?
7 Are you free at the weekend ? ’
8 What are you curly at the back ?
9 I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight .
10 You okay at the moment ?
11 It is as well that she has chosen to stay with you this evening because there is no way I will leave you alone at the farm . ’
12 Did they give you any at the shelter ? ’
13 Anyway , the poi , the other thing is erm then obviously this re , concerns really you know , you two at the moment , but , players for next year , I mean bearing in mind we are gon na lose a few .
14 ‘ I 'll see you two at the party , no doubt ? ’ she said to Robert and Jane .
15 Were you aware at the time that it was a small house ?
16 Not only was she exultant at the thought of a holiday in London , but she would also have a week removed from the constant worry of Gareth Davis .
17 Town beat them 3-1 at the County Ground in October .
18 she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you could n't see them and things like that , I said well you wo n't get builders doing that
19 They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten .
20 It MIGHT make them tired at the end of the season — but the confidence they would gain would more than compensate .
21 We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed .
22 I 'm meeting him later at the disco after his work . ’
23 Often she would leave him unkissed at the Rectory gate and forget to wave when she went inside the house .
24 Geoffrey , my brother , did him proud at the funeral and the young rabbi in Hull was moving and personal in his eulogy .
25 Southey looked for him first at the Salutation and Cat in Newgate Street , where the landlord had given Coleridge free quarters because his conversation was so good for trade .
26 And were they faulty at the time that you the shop sold then to you ?
27 A doctor certified him dead at the scene after his body was cut free from the wreckage , which rescuers found embedded in a tree .
28 Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey .
29 Was he right at the back .
30 I thought it odd at the time that he should feel so at home there . ’
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