Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 2 | He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable . |
| 3 | Now , five years later , the battles are won ( significant skirmishes remain , but it would be unwise and ungenerous to detail them at this point ) . |
| 4 | Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ? |
| 5 | Michael might come to visit her at any time . |
| 6 | All of us at John Fowler Holidays will be pleased to see you at any time and hope to have the pleasure of giving you a good holiday . |
| 7 | How nice to see you at this kind of gathering . |
| 8 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 9 | This was telling them — trying to bolster their morale — that we were coming to their aid when it was virtually impossible for us to aid them at that time . |
| 10 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 11 | ‘ But in any case , you had no right to leave me at that pub all night . |
| 12 | I had always intended to do it at some stage . ’ |
| 13 | That 's the way I used to do it at any rate . |
| 14 | Can I say that we are now organising quite tightly the business of street collections , and I think if committee are minded to reduce the number of collections that we allow , we should decide that before we come to this meeting , because I think it 's very difficult in practical terms to do it at this stage , and therefore I would suggest that we do agree twenty-one , not withstanding what Graham said , we can take on board some of what he said , and maybe the month before we are asked to take this decision , we have an item on the agenda where we discuss the principle before we get down to the practicalities . |
| 15 | So , to be safe it would be wise to use it at any time flying above 10,000 feet . |
| 16 | Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time . |
| 17 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 18 | Its owner , Okan Guney , has been trying to breed them at this home in Kidlington for two years . |
| 19 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 20 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |
| 21 | This is partly because eating foods you do n't like ( and avoiding those you do ) day after day is nigh-on impossible , and partly because your personal cholesterol level is as normal and natural for you as your shoe size , so your body has various feedback mechanisms to keep it at that level . |
| 22 | Ben Nevis really needs no introduction , and as most walkers intend to climb it at some point it 's worthy of inclusion . |
| 23 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 24 | I was able to accommodate him at each time , you follow what I mean . |
| 25 | If you want to settle them at this meeting . |
| 26 | First off , its a little premature to judge them at this stage . |
| 27 | Dundee boss Simon Stainrod said : ‘ We are negotiating with a club to sell Leighton but I do n't want to mention them at this stage . ’ |
| 28 | Sorry to wake you at this hour but we 've had a host of tasks during the night . |
| 29 | But they all counted as pieces on the diplomatic chessboard and enjoyed some sort of self-government ; it is convenient to regard them at this point as comparable entities . |
| 30 | Very difficult to quantify them at this stage but certainly it 's it 's my advice that er there will be distinct improvements in the environment . |