Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had picked up all her parcels and disentangled the umbrella from the bonnet of a fierce-looking old lady , she went up to them at a more decorous pace , and joined in their unfeeling laughter . |
| 2 | A THEATRICAL lady doctor tripped up to me at a party in Covent Garden this week and told me she had phoned a film producer friend and asked how he was . |
| 3 | KRRS alleges that foreign seed companies buy seed from farmers , treat it and sell it back to them at a hefty profit . |
| 4 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 5 | ‘ And I reckon it 's right — ’ I pulled a map from my pocket , spread it upon my desk and whacked my finger down on to it at a very particular spot ‘ — here . ’ |