Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [conj] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everyone stares at you but not because they 're attracted to you . ’ |
| 2 | If you travel to Japan , one major difficulty will loom at you as soon as you get off the aeroplane : the language problem . |
| 3 | " I 'll have a look at him as soon as they 're settled under cover , " he thought . |
| 4 | ‘ Carolyn , I 'll go and look at him as soon as I shut the door on you . |
| 5 | We keep our trainees hard at it and even when the sun goes down the programme continues . |
| 6 | He was scowling fiercely , partly because the sky was so blazing blue that he could n't look at it and partly because he was Moses Arkwright , the famous jewel thief , searching out a rival gang that had stolen the biggest ruby in the world from the Tower of London . |
| 7 | ’ Clearly , Adam was only reluctantly willing to share his plans with his parents , ‘ Since you ask , I 'm going to go down and take a look at it as soon as I can and then I 'm going to put it on the market . ’ |
| 8 | Asked by his doctor if he had recovered from flu , he said that he was fine but one of the clocks was going badly , and would the doctor come and have a look at it as soon as it was possible . |
| 9 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |