Example sentences of "[vb infin] at the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said .
2	Cos if you have it deep , that deep all over the fish will just swim at the bottom you 'll never see them
3	I walked down it from the top to bottom and could only marvel at the way it had been constructed .
4	‘ Well , let's look at the way they would see it .
5	The river is placid here , where it becomes patient in its long run to the sea and decides to slow and look at the land it passes through .
6	Dear Ronnie How are you getting on as you can see at the top I have been put away in a prison .
7	You can just see at the end you know at the end , it fills like a , a little little splodge of wee .
8	There was still that bleak emptiness about his eyes , and Lissa could only guess at the torment he was going through .
9	Even now , she felt herself cringe at the way he 'd said ‘ little scientist ’ , all those childhood hurts about being ‘ different ’ flooding back .
10	According to Richards , therefore , critics need two things that they did not habitually possess at the time he was writing , and usually do not possess now : a theory of communication and a theory of valuation .
11	I said oh I hope she has n't got another bus so Sharan said I think there is two buses cos whenever I meet mum it 's always a little blue bus and this was a big orange I said well we 'll call at the shop I said and if erm not we 'll have to go home .
12	They are to help pay for something you need but can not afford at the time you need it .
13	I mean clearly I I do n't think at the moment I 'm in a position to apply for a a taught course because I do n't have the money .
14	Yeah do you think at the moment you could take it all back out again , then ?
15	But you could n't really argue at the way we played . ’
16	But you could n't really argue at the way we played . ’

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