Example sentences of "to [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had picked up all her parcels and disentangled the umbrella from the bonnet of a fierce-looking old lady , she went up to them at a more decorous pace , and joined in their unfeeling laughter . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And as a matter of fact , as a matter of fact , the Germans th th th had thought that he would be of value to them at a later stage , because he was er he was shipped to Germany , and er er I understand that he died in Germany er at the latter end of er of of er of the of the war , the Second World War . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | KRRS alleges that foreign seed companies buy seed from farmers , treat it and sell it back to them at a hefty profit . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You were very kind to me at a time when I needed comforting and I 'm grateful to you . ’ |
| 10 | William whistled to me at a distance , and Val said ‘ do n't do that , you 'll start an avalanche ’ . |
| 11 | Whether housing your new brood of Kribs in a derelict stone cottage appeals to you at a whimsical or practical level is irrelevant . |
| 12 | Some time later I found myself next to him at a dining-club . |
| 13 | I was talking to her at a women 's group meeting — we were playing records . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | By this means a government can ensure that part of the supply of foreign exchange is surrendered to it at a low price to be used to satisfy the demands of privileged groups , including itself , while the remainder is left for more or less free disposal by the recipient enterprises , either on an official market at a more favourable rate , or on a free or ‘ black ’ market . |
| 18 | Some people discover this element of themselves while still very young ; others come to it at a much later stage in their lives — and others never manage to find it at all . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ And I reckon it 's right — ’ I pulled a map from my pocket , spread it upon my desk and whacked my finger down on to it at a very particular spot ‘ — here . ’ |
| 22 | Parked next to it at a recent training session was Doddie Weir 's C reg Cavalier . |
| 23 | The concretion conveys a subtle message to us at a subconscious level . |
| 24 | We need to move , at the same time that the property market is in a substantial slump , and th are therefore offices available to us at a very very competitive price . |
| 25 | She also came to talk to us at a recent training day about what the very elderly can and can not do . |