Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formal education was shelved , which was a relief , because the unctuous kind of diligence expected of her at school had convinced her that she was both stupid and sinful . |
| 2 | Letters to the Editor should be addressed to him at Convocation Office on the understanding that they may be edited . |
| 3 | Letters to the Editor should be addressed to him at Convocation Office on the understanding that they may be edited . |
| 4 | Even the unborn child is ‘ expected ’ and constituted as a subject by its having a name and a sexual destiny thrust upon it at birth by the family and community that expects it . |
| 5 | ‘ She is not without intelligence , but the harm that was done to her at birth is irreversible . ’ |
| 6 | Only the patience of FIFA last night prevented an indefinite worldwide ban being imposed on him at midnight because of transfer monies still owed by Sevilla to Napoli . |
| 7 | All call-outs will be made by myself at present following analysis of the fault log . |
| 8 | They had talked about it at length over dinner . |
| 9 | We 've talked to them at length |
| 10 | OVER the 40 years I have talked to you at Christmas I have often spoken of the role Britain plays throughout the world . |
| 11 | The governments of Byelarus , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Moldova , Uzbekistan and Ukraine had called on the Russian government on April 2 not to deregulate oil prices before Oct. 1 , fearing for their economies if the cheap fuel they received from Russia was instead sold to them at world prices . |
| 12 | Because of the risk of rejection by the ITVA , the vast majority of commercials are first shown to them at script stage , and the discussion and negotiation that goes on in the majority of cases takes place on scripts alone . |
| 13 | Fortunately most old people are all in favour of precautions of any kind , and if , in addition , you can tell her truthfully that you have just such a ‘ hospital case ’ packed for yourself at home , for an emergency , she will probably go along with the idea very willingly . |
| 14 | She was buried with other members of the Rossetti family in Highgate cemetery , where in October 1869 her coffin was opened by her husband 's wish and a book of his poems , laid beside her at death , was removed . |
| 15 | been given to him at baptism ( Luke 3:22 ) ; |
| 16 | ‘ Being a hijra was the only possibility for me ; there was no other career I could have pursued with the body that was given to me at birth . |
| 17 | Following an intensive campaign by the World Health Organization , when mass injections of penicillin were given to everyone at risk , this form of syphilis has been eradicated in Yugoslavia . |
| 18 | Lady Elizabeth Campbell , sixteen , gentle , interested in poetry , cuddly , was discussing the matter of her marriage , which had just been broken to her at dinner by her father , Archibald Campbell , Earl of Argyll , King James the Fourth 's Lieutenant of the Isles , chief of Clan Diarmaid ; and her teeth , which were indeed passable , were much in evidence . |
| 19 | In cases where both men and women have been regularly exposed to it at work , nitrous oxide has been linked to a high rate of miscarriages . |
| 20 | The lobster served to her at dinner with David Swan was her first but , judging from the way she let the butter run down her chin , not her last . |
| 21 | She was sometimes referred to as Trivia and offerings of black lambs , honey and new-born puppies were left for her at crossroads . |
| 22 | The same social worker wanted Donna taken off us at birth . |
| 23 | Although some skulduggery did go on , by and large no-one pinched material from someone else 's fire — it was an unwritten law which was drummed into us at school ‘ to keep your hands from picking and stealing ’ and this was obeyed by most youngsters . |
| 24 | REGARDING your baby-swop story , how could a mother identify as her own a baby taken from her at birth and not returned until later ? |
| 25 | The ball their bowlers used in the morning session was sensationally taken from them at lunch by match referee Deryck Murray . |
| 26 | Making no mention of sex , she asked the children to tell her about anything that had happened to them at school which they thought was unfair . |
| 27 | They were his flock ( or raya ) and could be shorn by him at will . |
| 28 | And there have been days I 'd have liked her at home when I had a headache or one of the nuns had roared at me at school . |
| 29 | The duties of the post are those described to you at interview and you will be responsible for the efficient discharge of your duties |
| 30 | The duties of the post are those described to you at interview and you will be responsible for the efficient discharge of your duties |