Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject had bored me witless at school , but on Sheila 's lips it all came alive , and forced me to the conclusion that it was n't history which was boring , but those who tried to teach it . |
| 2 | So send for your three introductory books now from only £1 each ( +£2.25 p. & p. ) and examine them FREE at home for 10 days without obligation . |
| 3 | I was gon na go to Reading but erm Sally-Ann ca n't make it cos there 's someone ill at work . |
| 4 | Put it this way , if I had children of my own at school , I would be very , very worried if they had a teacher like me . |
| 5 | I have n't a moment to call my own at present . ’ |
| 6 | Apart from the invaluable experience thus acquired of conducting oneself at interviews , I was able to walk over grounds and sporting venues and to compare the standards with my own at home . |
| 7 | I was on my own at home ) |
| 8 | Yeah , cos I did them on my , on my own at home . |
| 9 | Cos I can travel three hundred miles on my own at night so you know it just gives me a bit of safeguard . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not at my best at parties . |
| 11 | Helps helps us to keep them warm at night . |
| 12 | Just over three years ago England defeated them 2-0 at Wembley , but Yugoslavia might have drawn or even won that game had they taken their chances . |
| 13 | Its priced at £235 and UK distributors include Ingram Micro Ltd , Milton Keynes , and InterQuad Ltd , Slough . |
| 14 | Australia soaked the pressure , punished Ireland 's handling blunders and scampered out of their 22 at will to score tries that numbed the huge crowd . |
| 15 | In any case , by strengthening his position abroad , Rank had made himself unassailable at home . |
| 16 | Sotheby 's sold three , but Christie 's got away just two of their six at 30% under low estimate . |
| 17 | It was the mystery of what had happened that kept her awake at night . |
| 18 | She did n't really know what it was about him which made her go pale whenever they met and kept her awake at night longing . |
| 19 | It was plain to her that her therapist was meticulous , thoughtful and highly trained — it was undeniable — but Scarlet increasingly found all that beside the point because her malaise had not significantly decreased with treatment , and worrying about the cost of it kept her awake at night . |
| 20 | She says that they kept her awake at night , and climbed over the fences . |
| 21 | After Dan had drunk the hot sweet coffee that kept her awake at nights , they moved off , sitting in the small car for a while to look at the map . |
| 22 | When Keith Vaughan left for a holiday in France in July 1948 , he had momentarily found himself alone at Hamilton Terrace and again reported to Edie on his progress . |
| 23 | But it was the mercurial Fox , aided by skilful loose-forward David Heron , who ensured Northern 's seventh consecutive League victory and their first at Knowsley Road for six years . |
| 24 | Her mother was becoming suspicious at the amount of time she spent in her room , but Lizzie had told her everyone liked to be on their own at times . |
| 25 | Goldie , the Blue Peter dog , was pet of the year in 1981 and was deemed to have been a substitute pet for many youngsters unable to keep pets of their own at home . |
| 26 | all learners wishing to revise their elementary English in small groups or on their own at home . |
| 27 | Or does somebody else get the credit f or does the credit apply equally because everybody deals with their own at home ? |
| 28 | distinctions should be drawn between sole practitioners working on their own at home and those with assistant solicitors and a number of branch offices ; |
| 29 | Each year , more and more people watch fireworks at organised displays , rather than setting off their own at home . |
| 30 | When people looked after their own at home , you know , it went on for years and years , did n't it ? |