Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I liked him at first , but … ’ |
| 32 | Her face was straight as she looked at him and she spoke the truth when she answered , ‘ I liked it at first ; it was like a holiday after school , but not so of late . ’ |
| 33 | But I left it at that . |
| 34 | Sleeping in the bed at quarter to two , I left you at two . |
| 35 | If I snatch your hat from your head with intent to steal it , that is conversion as well as trespass , but if I throw it at another person , that is trespass only , for I am not questioning your title to it . |
| 36 | I wish we at Homegreen House had been visited by a member of the council to explain what could happen if permission for a supermarket to be built is approved . |
| 37 | ‘ Now that I have you at last you 'll never be away from me again . ’ |
| 38 | I held it at that . |
| 39 | ‘ Can I help you at all ? ’ he asks Howard politely . |
| 40 | ‘ Can I help you at all ? ’ asked Tessa , increasingly nervous at this silent presence . |
| 41 | Can I help you at all ? |
| 42 | ‘ Can I help you at all ? ’ |
| 43 | Can I help you at all ? |
| 44 | ‘ Can I help you at all , chuck ? ’ asked the Indian lady in a nasal Birmingham twang . |
| 45 | It ran : ‘ Well , frankly , the problem as I see it at this moment in time is whether I should just lie down under all this hassle … |
| 46 | It ran : ‘ Well , frankly , the problem as I see it at this moment in time is whether I should just lie down under all this hassle … |
| 47 | CHARLES : Well , frankly , the problem as I see it At this moment in time is whether I Should just lie down under all this hassle And let them walk all over me , Or , whether I should just say : ‘ OK , I get the message ’ , and do myself in . |
| 48 | I 'd like tomorrow to be the happiest day of her life , with nothing to mar it at all . |
| 49 | Some guys are n't going to be able to walk for a week — they 've got tattered feet , but er nobody begrudges it , nobody begrudges it at all . |
| 50 | Nobody want them at twenty pound ? |
| 51 | It could have been the extra garlic I 'd put in the Rogan Josh which woke me at 2.06 a.m. , but it was probably the noise Billy Tuckett made falling through the bathroom skylight and killing himself . |
| 52 | ‘ It was her beauty which attracted me at first , ’ said Mr Jefferson , who was a produce buyer for NAFFI for more than 37 years . |
| 53 | Similarly , science fiction motifs give way in this novel to fantasy elements which maintain it at one remove from realism but prevent it from falling into a generic category . |
| 54 | Comfortable Government majorities on two key motions followed a searing fightback by the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , during raucous exchanges which saw him at one stage on the ropes in the face of a furious tirade by , alternately , the Labour leader , John Smith , and the shadow chancellor , Gordon Brown . |
| 55 | If the tone was a little condescending she did not complain ; it was startling enough that he had brought himself to say it at all , and so he must have felt , for he coloured to the brows . |
| 56 | Now nobody help her at this stage . |
| 57 | Remember that you are always in control , and if there is anything which makes you at all anxious , all you have to do is open your eyes and it is all over . |
| 58 | You can not ask me to help you at one moment , and leave me out in the cold the next . ’ |
| 59 | Very good of you to see me at such short notice . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ I know lads who got theirs at eighteen in Cyprus . ’ |