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 . |