Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] at a " in BNC.

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1 Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage .
2 ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ?
3 Our horses had more sense and refused to go further so we stabled them at a local inn where we satisfied our hunger on a dish of fish cooked over charcoal before making our way up to the castle .
4 Of course er they have about erm well I 'm not sure , about twenty eight or thirty thousand gallons of diesel stocked up there , and of course in them buying it in bulk like that they get it at a cheaper rate .
5 Moreover , such texts are the more dangerous in that they affect us at a subconscious level .
6 she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate .
7 The tired horse faced a journey of at least twenty miles across heavy country so he kept her at a sedate trot .
8 I , cos I saw her at a quarter past nine so
9 Another accident we had with an a wardrobe two of my lads had which was a funny one in retrospect but I some when you carry a wardrobe , funnily enough , the easiest way often if you 've got a tight corner , you know as you go round a corner in a staircase you 'll come from a landing and often turn right or turn left to go down , if you put it at an angle like that then you wo n't get it round the corner without catching the bannister .
10 ‘ The dining suite is Regency and we bought it at an auction in Bournemouth , ’ says Pauline .
11 There was a small gap in the fence that was unaffected by the pile-up and we approached it at a forty-five degree angle .
12 Few months down the line , and he sells him at a loss .
13 Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers .
14 Er but I did it at a scale like erm one centimetre for o for every hour it 's blowing in that direction .
15 But we change it at a company level .
16 No ulterior motive lurks behind it , but it keeps you at a distance .
17 My results were received with general disbelief when I announced them at a conference near Oxford .
18 Unless we study villages , hamlets and farmsteads as dynamic , changing , developing entities , we will miss the significance of the form and function of them when we see them at a particular date .
19 He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie .
20 He remained an active supporter of CND , boasted that his daughter had been conceived on an Aldermaston march , and had once horrified Margaret Thatcher by wearing his CND badge when he met her at a gathering of northern business people .
21 The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting .
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