Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] at " in BNC.

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1 " There was some confusion at this stage because the target began to behave in an odd way , we knew she was supposed to go up the River Stour to off load , but finally I made the decision to go alongside her at sea .
2 As described earlier , Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) have argued that they now have good evidence that the prior existence of a close supportive relationship is protective against depression if that person provides the support expected of them at the time of a crisis .
3 Formal education was shelved , which was a relief , because the unctuous kind of diligence expected of her at school had convinced her that she was both stupid and sinful .
4 They 're using a bank pamphlet given to them at the time as their evidence .
5 Almost two years after the beer orders went through the House , we are entitled to ask the Minister what good came of them at last .
6 I am reminded of the famous poem , by Robert Southey , about the battle of Blenheim , when little Peterkin asks : ’ But what good came of it at last ? ’
7 It was a great pleasure to talk to you at dear Crabb 's breakfast party .
8 An option for processing mail has been selected and no mail exists for you at the present time .
9 The best action open to you at the moment is to undertake a re-entry course which conforms to the criteria outlined in the UKCC 's Guidelines for Good Practice .
10 And , on his way to meet the Prime Minister , Mr Delors bumped his head on the car waiting for him at Heathrow .
11 There should be a car waitin' fur us at the airport when we get in to Lima .
12 As one wag said to me at the time , ‘ Only R is different ’ .
13 The telephone answering machine , and my clients ' willingness to talk to me at unusual hours of the day and night , kept me firmly in touch .
14 She also asked for those who were unable to attend the AGM to be thanked for the lovely watch presented to her at the end of her term as Chairman .
15 The ruling means that a lot of people , most of them women , are unlikely to be compensated for serious psychological damage done to them at very young ages . ’
16 Shamji , who was also ordered to pay £28,960 costs , had asked the Appeal Court to reduce the sentence imposed on him at the Old Bailey on October 30 .
17 The Rabbitohs were to contribute to international Rugby League one of the great backs of any era , Clive Churchill , the Little Master , so dazzling there is even a stand named after him at the Sydney Cricket Ground .
18 A taxi-cab stopped alongside us at the traffic lights .
19 She closed her eyes as the memory rushed back vividly into her mind again , and a feeling of panic rose through her at the thought that a fierce spark of that madness might be living on within her as she approached the middle of her life .
20 The girl came to him at once , her face a reflection of his own , eyes wide , her teeth biting on her lip .
21 Riven struggled out of the blankets and the cold ate into him at once .
22 It would be an idea to get a girl from the village to look after her at home for two or three weeks .
23 To her consternation , he laughed , and ice washed over her at the harsh sound .
24 He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort .
25 One man has died and another was seriously injured when a fifteen tonne machine fell on them at a factory in Gloucestershire .
26 Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week .
27 Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week .
28 Yet her work touched on it at every point ; and without such experience , without the knowledge of such suffering — if suffering it was — what authority did she possess to speak a word of meaning in the world ?
29 Wipo , the biographer of the emperor Conrad II of Germany , says that he burst into tears after hearing a sermon delivered to him at his coronation in 1024 .
30 The uncle was fond of his nephew , and convinced young James 's parents to let the boy live with him at Craigie Mains .
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