Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had expected them at that stage to do the decent thing and wait for us to catch up but , smelling their first blood of the season , they continued in much the same fashion and eventually ran out 7–0 victors . |
| 2 | I had expected it at some point . |
| 3 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
| 4 | The umpires might also have noticed something at some point along the line ! |
| 5 | Some memory must have stabbed him at that moment . |
| 6 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 7 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 8 | In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts . |
| 9 | He 'd have bought it at any cost . ’ |
| 10 | Nevertheless , I would advocate studying some subject in depth , not necessarily as an undergraduate , so that you can feel you have really mastered it at some stage in your career . |
| 11 | An especially clear example is in the fabliau Boivin de Provins , in which the hero , Boivin , having deluded a household of whores into providing him with a meal and a girl for free , and having set them at each other 's throats , goes off to tell the provost of the town the tale , who in turn spreads the tale around , producing much mirth and laughter . |
| 12 | Though , thinking back , surely he had n't known her at that stage , had hardly known who she was . |
| 13 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 14 | They were also asked to describe the major characteristics of the groups in which they had found themselves at each point in their time on the terraces . |
| 15 | The vulgar Miller intrudes , and , with his fabliau and the nature of the genre and of fabliau language in mind , we can find some amusement in contemplating the possible sexual reading of " " unbokeled is the male " " , " the purse is unbuckled " , a vulgarity that the Host , playing the role given him at this point , would no doubt have considered excluded from his words . |
| 16 | Because Mr has represented him , Mr said before that he he thought it was as duty solicitor that he , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor but , he is represented under legal aid though this defendant by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 17 | He , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor . |
| 18 | Well they ai n't learned nothing at this school yet . |
| 19 | Sometimes genuine letters are offered without the vital signature , some rabid autograph hunter having removed it at some period . |
| 20 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
| 21 | No , would n't have changed anything at that time . |