Example sentences of "of [pers pn] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The sail had been a hindrance , making sport of me at each whim of the wind , so I lowered it .
2 But I felt dreadful , like a bloated lump with one leg and no hair , so there are n't any photos of me at that time at all .
3 But the dreariness , the frightful struggle of life , the indifference of people , the troublesomeness of children — he did not want to be reminded of them at that moment .
4 The six sections of that car were allocated to twelve assorted actors and crew , most of them at that point reading , talking or fast asleep .
5 She would be almost glad when they were gone — some of them at any rate .
6 We did get them better a lot of them at any rate .
7 The research is based on the assumption that most of the contemporary ideas on this crucial topic date back to the 19th century , and that some of them at any rate are by now dated .
8 If you talk to people in the street the majority of people who have young children are certainly saying we need day care , we need opportunities for ourselves erm and are quite prepared , some of them at any rate , to go and say that to their local councillors and to write to their M Ps .
9 Only 12% think that they are public property and therefore the press should be able to take photographs of them at any time .
10 It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through .
11 The inclusion of them at this point in the text , defines the whole process of the experience of love , " insuperable " " inseparable " and " singular " as the activity of the Holy Spirit in man .
12 She 'd had a cocktail of them at some point that morning . ’
13 She had eight brothers and had had to fight or argue with every one of them at some time or another .
14 Here , a charge under Schedule E can arise where a manager has acquired shares in respect of which a " chargeable event " occurs while he is the beneficial owner of them and the manager is a director or employee of Newco or Target or an associated company of either of them at some time during the period of seven years ending with the date on which the chargeable event occurs .
15 The receiver 's got to dispose of them at some stage .
16 ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’
17 To this day , Hardy , himself having achieved the double of classical and popular success as an actor , speaks of him at that time with unaffected adulation .
18 Ronni felt proud of him at that moment .
19 We have another description of him at this date from a diarist who happened to meet him .
20 Everything of mine at that stage was still packed , but I had set aside a separate box for tea and coffee things so tea was easy to arrange .
21 Gide 's response nicely if unawares repudiates the sexual-difference view of homosexuality as a solipsistic refusal of the other : ‘ how little he knew of the human heart ! — of mine at any rate
22 Because you know both parties were there to make sure that er there was going to be a mutual agreement or it may in some instances be referred back to domestic level for resolution , or alternately , the employers just said , no and that , that was the end of it at that stage .
23 But I do n't think we should make too much of it at this stage .
24 Well , I think all I can do is to reiterate that this road would not be considered for construction at all at this stage if it was n't for the probable re-siting of the erm transfer station and therefore we would not be looking at any aspect of it at this time if it were not for that .
25 I said look Neil you can drive , but let's not let's not take it that I 'm saying that you must drive let's go into the question of why you 're making a mess of it at this time and we , oh honestly Brenda if I 've got black circles under my eyes do not be surprised because , of course , this all goes back to his absolutely , appallingly , stupid mother !
26 No it 's all of it even the h and the w I think they might have lost some figures off of it at some time .
27 ‘ It was lovely that Cuan was thinking of us at that time , ’ said Mrs Over .
28 Many of us at that time welcomed the fact that the government was taking stock of public opinion , and was t making the effort to review the , the , the N H S.
29 Most of us at any age enjoy a good chat , but in how many Homes do you see small groups of residents talking to each other ?
30 All of us at this time began to understand what was meant by the scripture : ‘ Zeal for your house consumes me . ’
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