Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turkey , plum pudding , Stilton … typical traditional fare , but from where did they originate and how did the custom for eating them at Christmas arise ? |
| 2 | A letter to a Front soldier from a citizen of Görlitz in late June or early July 1940 undoubtedly spoke for many in stating that , following the ‘ unimaginably great ’ events which had been seen each week in the newsreels , ‘ we will never be able to thank the Führer and brave army enough for sparing us at home the horrors of war ’ , and that an ‘ immensely great ’ future awaited Germany ‘ in the construction of Europe after the final victory ’ . |
| 3 | From here he entered N A L G O and held high office within the Union and many members have to thank for representing them at pay s pay negotiations etcetera . |
| 4 | A GAMES player shot his lodger after beating him at chess . |
| 5 | It is ironic that the present undiscriminating reverence for exotic mysticism risks misunderstanding such beliefs for the opposite reason ; that of accepting them at face value uncritically and out of context . |
| 6 | There are several reasons for this concern with dementia sufferers and with finding ways of sustaining them at home . |
| 7 | Instead of telephoning him at work to blame or to demand attention for herself , she responded to the emergency and visited the office with soup and sandwiches to keep them all going through the evening . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They were slightly embarrassed that he had been left out , but had agreed at the time that there was no sense in phoning him at home because he would have nothing useful to say . |
| 10 | However , many clients were supported by the scheme , and it is only through comparison with the control sample that one can determine whether or not the project was successful in sustaining them at home for a longer period of time than would have been the case without it . |
| 11 | But she succeeded in holding it at bay . |
| 12 | But now , a hundred years on , certain factions persist in taking it at face value . |
| 13 | Paulinus preached and baptized in the dependent territory of Lindsey and his activities there — and in Bernicia , if Bede is correct in placing him at Yeavering — serve to delineate where Eadwine had most effective control outside Deira . |
| 14 | This might well be so with the control of aggression and of self-seeking behaviour ; I shall make one or two remarks about this question without pursuing it at length . |
| 15 | ‘ I look forward to meeting you at dinner , ’ Ana said , the lovely , blank eyes turned to them . |
| 16 | 1.74 It is now clear from Ollett v Bristol Aerojet Ltd [ 1979 ] 1 WLR 1197 that the substance of an expert 's report , which the rules require the parties to disclose as a condition precedent to calling him at trial , includes his opinion , which is , after all , the whole reason for calling him . |
| 17 | Serve the slags right for beating us at home . |
| 18 | There is another way in which we can inspect the growth of population , and that is by seeing it at work in all the various classes of society . |
| 19 | With regard to our overworked ( but ever smiling N.D.O. , , please help to improve the quality of her life by phoning her at home between the hours of 8am – 9am or during office hours . |
| 20 | Testing the efficiency of strikes , kicks and punches by directing them at bricks and tiles is a standard requirement for passing a grade and being promoted to the next level of proficiency . |
| 21 | It was only when lapidaries had discovered how to release the fire of diamonds by cutting them at angles devised to admit and reflect the maximum amount of light that the coloured varieties of transparent stones were subjected to the same treatment . |
| 22 | Hyundai Electronic America 's Axil Workstations Inc is bent on conquering the slippery slopes of Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc cloning , and last week announced the Axil-220 , a MicroSparc knock-off of the Sparc Classic undercutting Sun by pricing it at $3,600 in single quantities and letting it run Solaris 1.1 as well as 2. x . |
| 23 | It was a fact that 4,000 British hostages were held by Saddam Hussein to be used as human shields by stationing them at places which might be attacked by the allied forces . |
| 24 | We spent a great deal of time familiarizing ourselves with the music by playing it at subscription concerts and youth concerts . |
| 25 | I 'll keep in touch with you by ringing you at home , if I may . " |
| 26 | He was never patronizing , and freely admitted that ‘ if I taught them anything , I certainly learnt ( as ) much by watching them at work . ’ |