Example sentences of "to [pers pn] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally the Bank of England supported the discount houses , and thus indirectly the banking sector as a whole , by lending to them at a rate of its own choosing , known since 1971 as minimum lending rate . |
| 2 | The case took 8 × 80 oz bottles to treat and the last three bottles had dye added to them at a rate of .5 oz per 80 oz . |
| 3 | The result , in the aftermath of the Japanese coup , was that immediate help to the French , who were now fighting the Japanese in Vietnam , was denied to them at a time when the US 14th Airforce in southern China could be seen by the French in Laos and Vietnam as they flew on their predetermined attacks on the Japanese elsewhere in Southeast Asia . |
| 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 | William whistled to me at a distance , and Val said ‘ do n't do that , you 'll start an avalanche ’ . |
| 6 | You were very kind to me at a time when I needed comforting and I 'm grateful to you . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Some time later I found myself next to him at a dining-club . |
| 9 | ‘ Would you like a cup of coffee ? ’ he said to her at a station , and she grinned at him over the cardboard beaker , holding it with both hands . |
| 10 | In fact I sat next to her at a lunch in Abingdon a few years ago , and erm this image one got of her of not being a listener is totally untrue erm every time she turned to me it was to listen to what I had to say . |
| 11 | In fact it was a rather odd coincidence , ’ she said , warming to her theme , ‘ I was introduced to her at a party , and we got on quite well . |
| 12 | Close to it at a March meeting in 1585 accusations of a theft of some Scottish spurs and counter-accusations of ‘ a pretended matter beforehand ’ began to fly to and fro , until without warning someone on the Scottish side shot and killed Russell . |
| 13 | He showed particular interest in that subsidence , it 's reasonable to assume that his object was to return to it at a time when there would be no one around to interfere with him . |