Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well in the fifties , forty years of age was hugely old , I mean my dad at forty when I remember back was like a really old man at forty in those days . |
| 2 | Course they got away with income tax out of that because they were n't , they were n't much erm to do with income tax that time , I mean my tax at that time of the year was about , at that time was about four pound a year when I was erm , when I was working and you only paid income tax once a year . |
| 3 | The only thing I worry about is if I lose my mother at this time of life , before I 'm due for a pension — what 's going to happen to me ? |
| 4 | It will help [ the photographer ] to focus some aspect of his life and in the process enrich his life at that moment . |
| 5 | Place your hands at either side of your head , with elbows pointing forwards . |
| 6 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 7 | They flash their eyes at each other so much you 'd think they were rehearsing a scene from Carmen . |
| 8 | One of the basic factors we have to bear in mind about fungi is that , unlike insects , which make their attack at certain predictable times depending on their life cycles , fungal attack in one form or another is about and ready to take advantage of any weakness for much longer periods — in fact , at almost any time of the year . |
| 9 | The scale of the enterprise is so large that fourteen nations combine their efforts at this single lab . |
| 10 | I wait my Happiness at three |
| 11 | It 's lads who earn their living at this . |
| 12 | SIR — In my experience and that of others , many women in societies with very high birth rates would like to start reproducing later , stop earlier and space their births at wider intervals . |
| 13 | I did n't know that , I thought I 'd put down what , some of the people one of the babysit for as one of my references because I babysit her kids at primary school age |
| 14 | If you cut her hair at eleven she said |
| 15 | The section on frigates and destroyers put their number at 65 . |
| 16 | I put his age at forty , but even among men twenty years younger he would have been accounted handsome , and he knew it , for his expression showed both confidence and amusement as he continued to hold Ellen 's hand , and he showed even more amusement when she suddenly realised just what liberty she was thus granting him and jerked her fingers swiftly away . |
| 17 | SO WROTE Stephen Vincent Benet , who also penned the immortal line ‘ Bury my heart at Wounded Knee . ’ |
| 18 | Churchill 's Black Dog may be marred by cut-price literary criticism , and its construction may be slapdash , but its armature is a belief that people can , by an act of creative will , save their souls at any stage , that fundamental personal change is possible after 40 , 50 , even 60 . |
| 19 | People acquire their homes at different times and in different circumstances . |
| 20 | This illustrates the importance of providing investors with products that meet their requirements at low costs . |
| 21 | The Passport Agency is using advertisements to suggest that people renew their passports at other times of the year . |
| 22 | Research projects on many topics are carried out at the CTVM , overseas , and elsewhere in the Edinburgh area and students and staff present their work at weekly seminars . |
| 23 | This does not preclude the possibility that genes are normally transcribed at or shortly after the time of induction but exert their effects at later times . |
| 24 | If soiling has occurred the child should be informed immediately , the parents indicate their displeasure at this , and the child should have his or her pants changed . |
| 25 | Science seems to have uncovered a set of laws that , within the limits set by the uncertainty principle , tell us how the universe will develop with time , if we know its state at any one time . |
| 26 | How can these men ( of course they are all men ) drive their juggernauts at such insane speeds in such dreadful conditions ? |
| 27 | I would tut at people trying to climb in wellingtons , and roll my eyes at those in jeans . |
| 28 | But there was little they could do about it except wring their hands at each fresh horror in its columns , analyse its transparently partisan coverage , and point out how its competitors were dragging their standards downmarket to try to keep up with its soaraway sales . |
| 29 | I sigh and click my tongue at these , of course . |
| 30 | The insect-eaters , however , get such an accurate picture of their surroundings from their sonar that they hardly use their eyes at all . |