Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [v-ing] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've got no intention of stopping it at |
| 2 | This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units . |
| 3 | This argument tacitly assumes that once the collapse begins there is no hope of stopping it at a later stage . |
| 4 | He had the faculty of meeting everyone on the level , and Father had a story of seeing him at a political meeting , which he was probably chairing , walking arm in arm with the Grand Old Man himself , both talking . |
| 5 | Of course , if you have a young family and feel water might be a hazard , the feature could become a raised sandpit or planter , which naturally gives you the opportunity of converting it at a later stage . |
| 6 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 7 | It was all a question of catching it at the right angle . |
| 8 | He said the scheme could give confidence to youngsters who were in danger of losing it at a crucial time in their lives through adverse family or other circumstances . |
| 9 | It interested me so much that I 've lost , or won , if you like , the whole day of reading it at the busiest period with the printers I know , waiting for copy ! |
| 10 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 11 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 12 | Accounting for the use of this form in any context will always imply relating the particular meaning actualized in the context to the permanent potential significate postulated for it in tongue , and will consequently involve : ( 1 ) showing that the common denominator of a before/after sequence is present ( the constant element evoked by to ) , and ( 2 ) showing how the speaker has fit the particular experience he is talking about into this potential by intercepting the operation of actualizing it at the appropriate moment ( the variable element expressed by to ) . |
| 13 | The Padre , consulted as to the propriety of firing them at the enemy , had given his opinion that they could perfectly well be fired and that they , or any other such popish or Tractarian objects , would very likely wreak terrible havoc . |
| 14 | Dewey , as is well known , divided knowledge into tens so that he could employ decimal notation ; when a particular subject turned out to have more than nine facets he had to group them together , often at the expense of logic , and if a new facet arrived in-conveniently there was no way of including it at an appropriate place in the hierarchy . |
| 15 | There 's no mathematical way of defining it at that point . |
| 16 | This way of putting it at least has the merit of correctly suggesting that Heisenberg 's procedure was closer to the way in which people were used to thinking about dynamics . |
| 17 | In practice , running a hose pipe all the way from the kitchen sink to ( say ) the bath hot tap ( to say nothing of the problem of connecting it at both ends ) may not be practicable and you should first try using the nearest cold tap in the same way . |
| 18 | Secondly , as the weights are derived from analysis of individuals there is a serious problem of applying them at the level of wards or districts where the information is readily available only in aggregate . |
| 19 | He runs away along with Lydia with no idea of marrying her at all and is forced to marry Lydia by Mr. Darcy becoming between them . |
| 20 | A loss would give momentum to the idea of dumping him at the party convention in July . |
| 21 | The idea of previewing it at Sainsbury 's was an an excellent PR ploy as this is certainly its new ‘ oven-ready kit car ’ obtainable in a small , easy-to-carry pack from the freezer department . |