Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] at any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Consequently , the temperature contrast between them at any level is smaller than the temperature difference between top and bottom . |
2 | ‘ For me at any rate , ‘ I reply . |
3 | The combination of purple-red flowers and cream variegated foliage of Buddleia davidii ‘ Harlequin ’ may not suit all tastes but least appealing of all , for me at any rate , is the purple-flowered phlox , also called ‘ Harlequin ’ , whose leaves are generously splashed with cream , a combination which does not work for me . |
4 | It 's certainly never anything stronger than that , for me at any rate , but the guests can have what they like . |
5 | A parallel pleasure and comfort , for me at any rate , was to watch the Jews . |
6 | She would be almost glad when they were gone — some of them at any rate . |
7 | We did get them better a lot of them at any rate . |
8 | The research is based on the assumption that most of the contemporary ideas on this crucial topic date back to the 19th century , and that some of them at any rate are by now dated . |
9 | If you talk to people in the street the majority of people who have young children are certainly saying we need day care , we need opportunities for ourselves erm and are quite prepared , some of them at any rate , to go and say that to their local councillors and to write to their M Ps . |
10 | Only 12% think that they are public property and therefore the press should be able to take photographs of them at any time . |
11 | ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’ |
12 | Gide 's response nicely if unawares repudiates the sexual-difference view of homosexuality as a solipsistic refusal of the other : ‘ how little he knew of the human heart ! — of mine at any rate … |
13 | Most of us at any age enjoy a good chat , but in how many Homes do you see small groups of residents talking to each other ? |
14 | ‘ Another chopper should be along for you at any minute , old chap , but why not go and wait in your van until it arrives ? ’ |
15 | ‘ You can resign in the complete knowledge that should you ever want to come back there will be a position here for you at any time . ’ |
16 | It would be taken with them at any age and would contain : |
17 | I could have made contact with it at any time . |
18 | Anyone is free to advertise with us at any time , Gay Times included . |
19 | The enemy army could be upon them at any time , in however disorganised a state . |
20 | It has to be emphasised that the committee worked always in the shadow of the law : Section 132 of the Public Health Act 1875 had said that any expenses incurred by a local authority in maintaining in a hospital a patient who is not a pauper , should be deemed to be a debt due from such patient to the local authority , and could be recovered from him at any time within six months after his discharge from the hospital . |
21 | When , for example , a solicitor is recruited as a specialist to head up a new department it would be appropriate to seek some commitment from him at any rate in the medium term . |
22 | The Personnel Department is involved in the formulation and implementation of policies governing the organisation 's dealings with its existing and potential employees Here , too , microcomputers can make a valuable contribution They place in the hands of managers a powerful analytical tool which is available to them at any time . |
23 | They can come to me at any time . |
24 | In this selection of old and modern recipes I give precedence to those dishes made from the gooseberry , because green gooseberry fool is — to me at any rate — the most delicious as well as the most characteristic of all these simple , almost childlike , English dishes . |
25 | On the sweet subject of Telethons — or Telecoms , as most people call them , to me at any rate — these monstrous TV raffles which raise millions each year to take the place of decent health care for people who 've paid their National Insurance for decades , are big business . |
26 | It will be comforting to me at any rate personally to know that even so eminent a , a , er an ornament of the present administration as my Noble Friends also found these th th this material a matter for stumbling and was not perhaps inclined to give it a crown of lucidity . |
27 | He 'll turn on me at any minute — tell me I do n't understand — it 's all my fault . |
28 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
29 | A serious accident could happen to you at any time today , tomorrow , next year . |
30 | I think we certainly agree with you in terms of locality , and it 's open to you at any time , I would have thought , to be in touch with Katherine , and say , ‘ Would you follow up on x or y ’ . |