Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt her feet trailing through the weeds that grew at the side of the track , nettles and thistles tearing her skin as she was dragged through them at high speed . |
| 2 | Look out for them at major department stores . |
| 3 | He shot after him at high speed . |
| 4 | ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end . |
| 5 | The meeting of the Central Committee lasted two long days , during which eighty-eight delegates spoke , some of them at great length . |
| 6 | Two of them at New Drove are downstairs and one is an upstairs . |
| 7 | but I 'd never put any of them at Right Back again , Or buy somebody . |
| 8 | CVCP had maintained that ‘ an expansion driven wholly by the recruitment of extra students , many of them at marginal cost , could threaten research ’ , but says that the research funds mean that some universities can ‘ increase their income without recourse to student recruitment alone ’ . |
| 9 | Darling 's mark had been made on his final Test , however , with three catches in England 's first innings , two of them at short leg quite startling . |
| 10 | No doubt the army has lavish stocks of both ; but no capacity has been retained in Britain to make more of them at short notice . |
| 11 | Motorists who drive too close to the car in front of them at high speed are being targeted by Cheshire police . |
| 12 | Taxi driver Peter Simpson said that two cars raced past him at high speed . |
| 13 | Then he gallops towards it at terrific speed . |
| 14 | We 've already reviewed the SoundBlaster Pro — indeed most of us at Practical PC have one in our machines — and know it to be more or less the industry standard for PC sound . |
| 15 | Below are a few tips from all of us at RUNNING Magazine to help you as the hours count down . |
| 16 | I do n't have to go shopping but I was , I was sa knew though cos they were just like me at right age . |
| 17 | But the long smelly trails snaking along the branches and renewed repeatedly every night , also mark out the main highways through the tree so that , if necessary , the bush babies can scamper along them at considerable speed in the pitch blackness . |
| 18 | A junior spin doctor wandered down the aisle of bus and aeroplane using the language which presumably they drum into them at medical school : ‘ I will certainly convey your request to the Prime Minister for a comment on these polls , but I think you will find him taking the view that after April 9 you will all be writing about him winning the only poll that matters . ’ |
| 19 | And it crashed back into me at high speed . |
| 20 | As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember her staying with us at Carinish Court , ’ James was saying . |
| 22 | He was writing something in longhand , the paper turned sideways , the pen flying along the lines away from him at great speed . |
| 23 | The self-inflicted loss of Dominic Clarke following an off the ball incident in the second minute had left Armagh dicing with death and the killer blows subsequently rained in mainly from the accurate boot of Raymond Gallagher — remember what I said about him at Minor level last week ? — and the deadly finishing of Mark Gallagher and Malachy O'Rourke . |
| 24 | A friend fashioned this for him at negligible cost . |
| 25 | Mrs Beamson 's eight-year-old son has been diagnosed as suffering from severe dyslexia and she claims the county 's education policy will not make adequate provision for him at secondary school level . |
| 26 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 27 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 28 | Finding that the Middlesbrough , Shields and Seaham branches had been accumulating funds , the Sunderland officials demanded that any surplus cash should be handed over to them at head office , threatening , according to Wilson 's account , " drastic action " if they failed to do so . |
| 29 | When Vron had sobbed it all out after showing her prospective stepson photographs of herself having a handjob with no clothes on for money , she explained to me at throaty length and with hot tears still foiling the points of her lashes — that she had always been creative . |
| 30 | When Vron had sobbed it all out after showing her prospective stepson photographs of herself having a handjob with no clothes on for money , she explained to me at throaty length and with hot tears still foiling the points of her lashes — that she had always been creative . |