Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 2 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 3 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 5 | Very good of you to see me at such short notice . ’ |
| 6 | The interpretation of what remains as historical evidence is after all fundamental to the historians craft , but the deliberate preservation of historical source materials in the absence of context ( or worse still the failure to preserve them at all ) surely does little justice to the society in which we live . |
| 7 | I do not see much to encourage me at all , but this does not worry me for it could be much later when they arrive , after I have left for home . |
| 8 | Six six contracts all the same print so that if ever we shifted you or wanted you wanted to shift you from estate into to golf or to schools we do n't have to retrain you at all . |
| 9 | He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not want to know you at all , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ she stated firmly . |
| 11 | They do n't want to know you at any other time … but most of them are n't like that here . |
| 12 | He CALLED twice at the station — only to be sent away with a flea in his ear — and LEFT his name and company address so detectives knew where to find him at all times . |
| 13 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 14 | And I hardly got to know him at all . |
| 15 | ‘ We want to see proper education and we have said we will put a penny on income tax to provide it at all levels from the age of three upwards . ’ |
| 16 | Some people discover this element of themselves while still very young ; others come to it at a much later stage in their lives — and others never manage to find it at all . |
| 17 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 18 | Be warned though , it does n't work on all PC speakers — there are one or two in the office that emit a sound of some sort , but so quietly that you need a hearing aid to catch anything at all . |
| 19 | … trying to insinuate oneself at any price into the families of the older European dynasties . |
| 20 | The second defect is that the suggestion is too strong and is likely to make it impossible for any of us to know anything at all . |
| 21 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 22 | Indeed , she walked so far and so long that she was too tired to write anything at all upon her return and did not in fact send a reply until the following day . |
| 23 | Since a rise in interest rates can cause quite a severe fall in the price of bonds , banks could make a considerable capital loss if they were forced to sell them at such times . |
| 24 | ‘ Why should you bother to remember me at all — except unpleasantly ? ’ she murmured . |
| 25 | Now , five years later , the battles are won ( significant skirmishes remain , but it would be unwise and ungenerous to detail them at this point ) . |
| 26 | We , and others , recommend that a sample should be obtained after one hour for both routes and are pleased to receive one at all , for it immediately involves the medical microbiologist in the care of the patient , and close cooperation is important . |
| 27 | Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ? |
| 28 | He stared out of his constricting net of anxieties and fears at this clean , smooth , well-intentioned boy , and wondered why he should be expected to make the effort to answer him at all . |
| 29 | Michael might come to visit her at any time . |
| 30 | I 'd like tomorrow to be the happiest day of her life , with nothing to mar it at all . |