Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting . |
| 2 | Their meanings will become clear with use , but it is sensible to introduce them briefly at this stage . |
| 3 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 4 | As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’ |
| 5 | A sound engineer was supposed to fade them out at the start of the first edition in July '67 , but failed . |
| 6 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 7 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 8 | ‘ Supposed to pick us up at lunchtime and never turned up . |
| 9 | I wondered , when I set off to get it , if my notoriety had been communicated on the jungle drums and if the promised purchase might still elude me , so I was especially glad to have it safely at home . |
| 10 | On the 16th , the mighty delta was due to leave her home at Waddington , Lincs , for the Channel Islanders and their Battle of Britain displays . |
| 11 | It 's so good to have you here at last . |
| 12 | Anyway , he left what should have been my share to Matthew on condition that I was able to lease it back at a nominal rental . |
| 13 | With the girl 's clothes we should be able to trace her back at least to the point at which she was dropped during the night — or I hope so , after all that rain . |
| 14 | This turned out to be a bonus , because we had to stay overnight in Paris and by good luck , our friends the family Toulagian were in , and happy to put us up at no notice . |
| 15 | It is simplest to have it right at the beginning , like P.D . |
| 16 | It takes an education of millions to hold them back at … |
| 17 | It was so difficult to conjure him up at will now , to truly remember what he was like and bring him to life again . |
| 18 | He still used to entertain the others with stories of his days as a master criminal and boast that he had n't lost any of his skills , but it was difficult to imagine him back at that game . |
| 19 | But by the time I 'd got to the summer term the things that had failed had failed and I knew why , and I was n't feeling too inclined to change them particularly at the time because they had n't failed to the point where the class was in chaos . |
| 20 | The problem about Shakespeare for critics of his mind-set is that to take him seriously at all is to accept an alien agenda . |
| 21 | When the Orioles ' designated hitter lifts a three-run homer over the right field fence in the ninth to wrap it up at 9–3 , the resigned Sox faithful begin heading for the exits . |
| 22 | I do n't think the boys are too keen to have you around at the moment , and I ca n't say I blame them . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sorry to bring you here at short notice . |
| 24 | ‘ How lovely to see you here at last . ’ |
| 25 | When I woke up it was with the certainty that I had solved an extremely important problem and was eager to try it out at once . |
| 26 | ‘ You know , Hank , the car is very nice indeed , but is it wise to buy it just at present ? ’ |
| 27 | The amazing ‘ Street of Much Music ’ , with it 's abundance of colourful bars and restaurants is only 10–15 metres away , as is the beach where you can take advantage of your free beach mat and cultivate those tans ready to show them off at some of Kos town 's brilliant night-clubs , also 15 minutes away . |