Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The only light I use at night is a small torch which I can grip in my mouth while using both hands to bait up , sharpen or change hooks , or make any other adjustments to my tackle .
2 This bias appears to be an effect which arises at time of retrieval and is independent of recognition sensitivity , Locksley et al.
3 The defender , Steve Pittman , now free of suspension , will be added to the Dundee side who won at Easter Road on Saturday .
4 The better you get at tennis the more you will need good strings and good service .
5 A killer who slept at night half a metre from Holly came with his story to the Englishman 's side .
6 ‘ There was a radio programme we heard at school , ’ said Ruth .
7 A hymn we sing at Christmas
8 In the previous chapter we looked at crime and criminality in a very broad and general manner .
9 Since many people derive a strong sense of status from the recognition they get at work , when they stop working they need to readjust .
10 He spoke of a well-off socialist he knew at college ; what irked him was not the socialist views , some of which he agreed with , but the fact that here was a wealthy socialist telling working people what they should think .
11 It was the final stage in a dramatic story which started at Birth for Adisa .
12 It was the final stage in a dramatic story which started at Birth for Adisa .
13 Direct journeys from Kirknewton are possible because of the commercial provision which starts at East Calder , hence the route adopted for the morning journeys .
14 Now I am studying to get a British qualification to continue the work I did at home .
15 I was already upset because one of my best friends , a girl I knew at school , has been having a surgical operation today .
16 The same question I asked at city hall , it 's slightly different in that now the council has left two and a half available over the next erm three years given that it is not already taken .
17 However , it is doubtful that establishing the teacher 's authority in a statutory form would automatically , as the Elton Committee hoped , remove all scope for argument , since any rules would have to retain the flexibility which exists at present — inevitably leaving grey areas .
18 Only the tower of this church remains , a few yards west of which can be found Cook Senior 's last resting place , marked curiously by a stone commemorating a boy who died at sea .
19 What blood what washing machine you got at home ?
20 A child who speaks at home with a powerful local accent , in dialect , with a swear word between every two or three ordinary words , or who hardly speaks English at all , must learn ‘ proper ’ talk at school .
21 A judge who aimed at consistency in principle would indeed worry , as the judges in our sample cases did , about the principles that should be understood to justify past statutes and precedents .
22 The Cairn Maiden was a beautiful , golden-haired girl who appeared at harvest time .
23 I had enjoyed Hope and the work we did at night , but I detested working at night , as I had never managed to sleep well during the day .
24 From that standpoint he looks at world development , taking into account the technical problems but concentrating mainly on the moral issues involved .
25 it does not boast about the wonderful lunch he had at company expense ,
26 In May he went to convalesce by the seaside , near Littlehampton , and on Ms return he stayed at home for another month , attempting only light work : all important social and public engagements were cancelled until the autumn .
27 But now back to Albert the Abo who stayed at home and painted , very successfully , his own place .
28 The coffee smelt and tasted rich , quite unlike the freeze-dried brand she used at home .
29 But , at last the claret-flavor recalls pretty distinctly its own name , ‘ claret ’ , ‘ that wine I drank at so-and-so 's table ’ , etc. ; and the burgundy-flavor recalls the name ‘ burgundy ’ and someone else 's table ...
30 Ken , the chemistry I did at school was full of test tubes and horrid smells , has it changed very much ?
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