Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has been told to turn up at his restaurant at Venice Beach , California at 2.30 pm to tell me his version of the story of his life , then Dudley Moore more or less dudleys into his restaurant at Venice Beach , California and joins me at a corner table where I 've been waiting to hear his story . |
| 2 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
| 3 | No ulterior motive lurks behind it , but it keeps you at a distance . |
| 4 | ‘ The joke evolves down the pub in Newcastle , and the lorry driver tells it at a truck-stop and within 24 hours it 's all over the country . ’ |
| 5 | And the nature of the department store — stocking a little bit of everything — puts them at a disadvantage compared with more specialised retailers when it comes to exerting leverage over suppliers . |
| 6 | It puts them at a disadvantage . |
| 7 | AJR procedure incorporates certain procedural protections for public bodies and the rule that a claimant asserting public law interests can only use AJR procedure puts him at a disadvantage which is justifiable only on the assumption that public law interests do not matter as much as private law rights and , therefore , do not deserve as much legal protection . |
| 8 | The firm collects the waste in lorries and processes it at a plant in the village of Cam Brea , producing 5 tonnes of black tin per week . |
| 9 | And rather than asking for commission from suppliers he often buys the weapons himself and sells them at a profit . |
| 10 | Few months down the line , and he sells him at a loss . |
| 11 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 12 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 13 | He thinks this keeps him on his mettle , but it often leaves him at a loss for the right word . |