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