Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had the faculty of meeting everyone on the level , and Father had a story of seeing him at a political meeting , which he was probably chairing , walking arm in arm with the Grand Old Man himself , both talking . |
| 2 | Dewey , as is well known , divided knowledge into tens so that he could employ decimal notation ; when a particular subject turned out to have more than nine facets he had to group them together , often at the expense of logic , and if a new facet arrived in-conveniently there was no way of including it at an appropriate place in the hierarchy . |
| 3 | He said the scheme could give confidence to youngsters who were in danger of losing it at a crucial time in their lives through adverse family or other circumstances . |
| 4 | This argument tacitly assumes that once the collapse begins there is no hope of stopping it at a later stage . |
| 5 | Of course , if you have a young family and feel water might be a hazard , the feature could become a raised sandpit or planter , which naturally gives you the opportunity of converting it at a later stage . |
| 6 | you 'd be better of posting it at a post box when you go cos they pick them up . |
| 7 | Part of the answer must be that the element of risk in a PRP scheme reduces its attractiveness to employees , hence the advantages of introducing it at a time when the alternative ( no pay rise ) is even worse . |