Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And I was sorry to miss you at the Keppels 's thrash ; I hope that you are recovered ?
2 De Gaulle wanted the agricultural settlement but was not prepared to accept it at the price of giving in to the other five and the Commission on the issues of resourcing and budgetary control .
3 ’ These people are willing to do it at the beginning of the night when they 're sober ’ she says .
4 The Stanleys were careful to place themselves at the head of local opinion rather than ride the county roughshod and their identity of opinion with local Unionists on political and religious matters made them even more powerful .
5 ‘ Nobody 's finding it very easy to meet him at the moment , ’ said Charlotte .
6 Generally , no fee is charged for pupillage , but local authorities do not give grants for maintenance , which has the unfortunate result that students without adequate parental means may find it impossible to establish themselves at the Bar .
7 ‘ I had a figure to go to and I 'm delighted to get her at the price . ’
8 ‘ I was glad to see her at the pictures with you , ’ Anne said .
9 I could tell Gillian and Stuart were n't thrilled to see me at the airport .
10 Jenny was supposed to meet me at the airport . "
11 She ignores me , whining about how he was supposed to meet her at the Bullet 's Head .
12 I thought she was supposed to have him at the beginning of this month .
13 These days , however , far from being likely to ignore everyone at a party full of naked birds , Doonican has become king of what has become known as the ‘ light entertainment ’ circuit in the north-east of England .
14 These days , however , far from being likely to ignore everyone at a party full of naked birds , Doonican has become king of what has become known as the ‘ light entertainment ’ circuit in the north-east of England .
15 Someone , in other words , who is likely to take silk , but likely to take it at a time sufficiently far in the future to give you a chance of stepping into part of his practice as a junior .
16 It was good to see you at the DoE Green College Sustainability Seminar the other day .
17 But folded within it was a handwritten note ‘ So good to see you at the library , albeit briefly .
18 Claudia accepted his arm round her shoulders as inevitable ; she was far too tired to fight him at the moment .
19 Population history ignores political or military chronology ; it requires a long view and it will be helpful to take one at the outset by considering the years between 1880 and 1945 as a whole .
20 Everything that happens to you has been chosen by your spirit so there must be a reason , even If you are unable to see it at the time .
21 In the words of a single 19-year-old trainee pilot : ‘ In an ideal world you 'd be able to meet someone at a bus-stop , go for a drink , take them home and bonk their brains out — and then go home to your girlfriend for dinner . ’
22 I do n't know if any of you have ever been to Newcastle before — if not , I 'd be happy to meet you at the station , or wherever , ( as long as it 's not too early in the morning ! ! ) , take you for a drink , and show you how to get to the ground .
23 England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe .
24 He did not know what to do with it , Hailsham being far too busy to read it at the time .
25 I would very much like CPRW to join , not because it might lead to an international jolly ( some hope ! ) , but because I think it would be a feather in CPRW 's cap , we will benefit from their advice and information , and we will be able to contribute something at a UK level .
26 She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison .
27 Well if you have bacon now you wo n't be able to have it at the weekend .
28 He signalled to the waitress , then said : ‘ If you change your mind we might be able to get something at the airport . ’
29 But I found it too embarrassing to keep suggesting to a fellow professional that he should take time off from his own work to accompany me to functions where he was not able to join me at the dinner table when he got there .
30 And the second thing she understood was the reason why she was indeed so desperate to keep him at a distance .
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