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Example sentences of "at [adv] [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1	It 's really getting things done in , in a like a , I du n no , a disciplined manner , like an ordered man , so each , what to do the , we discuss what we , what we 've got an action plan together and where it 's fired at so it does work .
2	When they used to change the clocks at 2am that did n't affect us but now they do it at 1am it does .
3	She opens her eyes , all is white , snow-white , she can not see , but she puts up her hands to stop falling down , still the roll and pitch goes on , she 's thrown about and her head bursts into stars against the whiteness till all at once he splits open and there 's no more night blindness nor blind whiteness neither , but the good hot yellow sun up above .
4	Then for some reason he smells it — and at once he knows .
5	At once she bereaves me to money and cunt .
6	And at once she remembers Columbus , he envisions her remembering him , the invisible man who dreams of entering the invisible world , the unknown and perhaps even unknowable world beyond the edge of things , beyond the stone bowl of the everyday , beyond the thick blood of the sea .
7	He 's a big noise now ; at least he imagines he is .
8	Mr Li is not an economist , but at least he recognises some of the imperfections of the policy his economists tell him to follow .
9	‘ At least he maintains our myth about the mission , ’ said Ludens to Gildas , ‘ and he 's bloody right about Marcus 's courage . ’
10	But to the Western reader at least he offers an affectionate but unsentimental portrait with the taste and smell of authenticity .
11	At least he states his beliefs as they really are , and does not mould them to electoral advantage .
12	Still , at least he does what his manager tells him ! ’
13	And so does a man , or at least he does when he first falls in love , when he 's too caught up to pay any attention to what other fellows think .
14	because because at least he does throw the objections at you and so at least you 're made aware of what you
15	but at least he does decorate , good morning , he does decorating and things and he helps like that ,
16	At least he does n't want a party .
17	Even Masonic anti-feminism surfaces in The Magic Flute : the Queen of the Night is condemned for over-ambition ; while her daughter 's trials are far greater than Tamino 's — at least he understands why he is obliged to undergo them , while Pamina is told nothing and is expected to bear her tribulations patiently and obediently until redeemed by the love of a good man .
18	‘ At least he understands more the significance of cooperation , ’ the source said .
19	At least he shows initiative .
20	If these records are too selfconsciously trying to please everybody , to sound like they matter to the person he is now , at least he appears to see the problem .
21	At least he has a seat in parliament .
22	Or at least he has the potential to do so .
23	‘ I 'm sorry about this , lady , ’ said the senior fireman as the lady 's lover was driven away to the casualty department , ‘ but at least he has n't come to any more harm this way . ’
24	‘ At least he has initiative , ’ she said .
25	At least he has a job .
26	Jim has made some enquiries through Italian legal colleagues and by all accounts the man does come from a very good family — very good indeed — so at least he has n't told her a tissue of lies about his background . ’
27	Laughton is in the hottest of hot-seats in Rugby League but at least he has been spared the indignity of the bookies taking bets on his possible successor , as has happened to Souness .
28	Listen well when he tells us what happened out there to him and respect him for what he has done , and honour him , for at least he has given each of us hope and proof that escape is possible . ’
29	He is a fair-minded bloke on occasions — at least he has been to me .
30	I did not agree one bit with his speech , but I will say this for him : at least he has political integrity .