Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want management to trust them at a distance . |
| 2 | You want to get to know me at a rate |
| 3 | How could he do this to her — forever turning up when he was least expected and always managing to catch her at a disadvantage ? |
| 4 | Any chariot may have an additional giant wolf to pull it at a cost of +4 points . |
| 5 | The alleged assaults happened when two officers went to arrest him at a house in Cathcart Road in London . |
| 6 | Every time I lifted it to aim it at a target living or not — this moment would be at the back of my mind . |
| 7 | Their owners plan to fire them at an enemy 's military forces rather than against cities or factories . |
| 8 | We regret having to disturb you at a time when you are busy , but the matter is important . ’ |
| 9 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’ |
| 11 | The latest phase obliges vehicles delivering a wide range of food products to keep them at a temperature of no more than 8C . |
| 12 | ‘ How long are you going to keep me at a distance ? ’ he rasped . |
| 13 | They also included the operation of ‘ stand down , ’ by which the airline retained scarce skills by allowing people to work elsewhere on part pay but having the opportunity to recall them at a month 's notice . |
| 14 | I advise you to keep him at a distance until you are married . ’ |
| 15 | She made for an armchair , knowing it would be wise to keep him at a distance , but she did n't reach it . |
| 16 | And the second thing she understood was the reason why she was indeed so desperate to keep him at a distance . |
| 17 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
| 18 | Like the ecu note Europe has never had , the CFA-franc note can be used anywhere in the zone , and the French guarantee to convert it at a rate of 50 CFA francs to one French franc . |
| 19 | Three-year-old Daniel Hampton was crushed when the 9ft-high and 8ft-wide panel toppled on to him as he tried to climb it at a recreation ground . |
| 20 | And he 'll use that to keep us at a distance . |
| 21 | He was unexpectedly a man of great gaiety and to see him at a dance was an absolute delight . |
| 22 | Normally , developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab . |
| 23 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 24 | I 'm sorry to have to ask you at a time like this — ’ |
| 25 | Someone , in other words , who is likely to take silk , but likely to take it at a time sufficiently far in the future to give you a chance of stepping into part of his practice as a junior . |
| 26 | Provided it does n't melt , she now plans to show it at an exhibition in London . |