Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were slightly embarrassed that he had been left out , but had agreed at the time that there was no sense in phoning him at home because he would have nothing useful to say . |
| 2 | And if you recall when my Colonel read John plaque it attributes to him er the aid in assisting us at in the establishment of that memorial museum , John gave us a er and sort of took that apart and hauled it over to and it was flown back to the States and that 's going to be a briefing operations room for the museum itself . |
| 3 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
| 4 | Wooing first John and then Richard , Philip succeeded in keeping them at each other 's throats , or at Henry 's coat-tails , for several more years . |
| 5 | Or do you not see any point in keeping them at all ? is the number to dial . |
| 6 | So far she had gained the distinct impression that being angry and obnoxious with her suited him just fine — he positively revelled in deriding her at every opportunity . |
| 7 | The Directive 's provisions are also so flexible , because of the difficulty in reaching a consensus among the member states and commentators , that there are grave doubts about whether there is any point in adopting them at all . |
| 8 | However , many clients were supported by the scheme , and it is only through comparison with the control sample that one can determine whether or not the project was successful in sustaining them at home for a longer period of time than would have been the case without it . |
| 9 | In directing it at the targets they did , however , they produced effects that feminists such as Josephine Butler might have eventually found abhorrent . |
| 10 | Extreme care should therefore be taken in prescribing them at all : if the recipient has addictive disease these drugs will make it worse . |
| 11 | But she succeeded in holding it at bay . |
| 12 | But , to his credit , de Valera toned down the catholicism in the drafts suggested to him by the clergy , consulted Rome , and was successful in getting it at least to be neutral about his preferred formulations ( Keogh 1987 : . |
| 13 | " Ed " endings are rare in catalogue searching and there is no point in removing them at the " weak " level . |
| 14 | And as Mary Douglas ( 1973 : 15 ) had pointed out , ‘ if we can not bring the argument back from tribal ethnography to ourselves , then there is little point in starting it at all ’ . |
| 15 | But now , a hundred years on , certain factions persist in taking it at face value . |
| 16 | Because , she thought , she had never been there with anyone who was interested in taking it at anything other than face value . |
| 17 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
| 18 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
| 19 | The only problem there , though , since she would have to let Personnel at Vasey 's know where she had moved to , was that her employer would have no trouble in finding her at her new address either ! |
| 20 | Paulinus preached and baptized in the dependent territory of Lindsey and his activities there — and in Bernicia , if Bede is correct in placing him at Yeavering — serve to delineate where Eadwine had most effective control outside Deira . |
| 21 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 22 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 23 | ‘ I meant in spotting them at all . |
| 24 | Cross-examined by William Dunlop , defending , Mr O'Donnell agreed that it was possible one of the men had not become involved in attacking him at the quarry . |