Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 2 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 3 | You know , I mean even at these diet clubs , oh well , you know do n't stop going out just eat what you , but if you go out and you 're eating sweets for you know , after your dinner |
| 4 | I do intend to er to attend inaugural meetings with each of the C P O s er with a view to looking I mean obviously at some stages you said to me that I would probably have to attend at short notice |
| 5 | No , well he was he I knew him quite well because I lived in at that time when I w was on that T V series , I lived at Pinner . |
| 6 | I sit down at this desk with a ledger . |
| 7 | The next morning I got up at 7.30 am and had breakfast , got changed and got into the car to wait for Rachel , Betty , Paul and David . |
| 8 | I got up at eight this morning |
| 9 | I got up at eight this morning when Rudy went and put all them towels out and erm , when I got up at ten it , they were all dry |
| 10 | ‘ I got up at four in the morning to wash ’ , complained a Geordie . |
| 11 | I got up at six , spent all day cleaning other people 's houses , from 8.30 a.m. until 4.30 , with half an hour for dinner , for £25 . |
| 12 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 13 | mm , mm but er in the morning I surprise because when I knock your door and I got up early , I got up at half past six cos |
| 14 | and then Sa Saturday , well , I went , well this morning I went through some , I got up at half past six I did some |
| 15 | I got up at eight this morning when Rudy went and put all them towels out and erm , when I got up at ten it , they were all dry |
| 16 | I 'd had about as soon as he come to bed I cuddled up to him and I got up at ten to eleven . |
| 17 | I got up at ten past eight . |
| 18 | I got up at seven which is late for me |
| 19 | Which meant I probably was like awake to start with , because I , although I got up at seven , I still was n't ready to go to bed at eleven , cos it was still too early , and usually I go to bed about two . |
| 20 | And I got on at 50-1 immediately after that race , and had a fair bet . |
| 21 | So what they says is that I , I got on at this wall , jumped across onto this other wall , shinned up the outside of this other wall , stood on top of this the first floor wall and jumped up and caught hold of the top of the second floor wall and he reckon in the la about fucking twenty odd seconds , I was up and over and in , they , they , they fucking kill yourself , get down , I ca n't remember none of it . |
| 22 | One afternoon , a week later , I decided the time had come to stop dithering like a Victorian maiden and to write to Bill , when I got off at ten that night , asking if no news was good news . |
| 23 | I was once put on a discipline charge because I had to cycle from here to Lark Lane police station on a very windy day and I got there at eleven |
| 24 | ‘ I got there at ten a.m. and was done by one p. m . |
| 25 | The Plaza cinema had columns outside it , so I got there at ten to six , got behind the pillar and thought , ‘ If I do n't fancy her when I see her , I wo n't come out . ’ |
| 26 | You know but we man I I got out at any rate . |
| 27 | People often say to me do n't you get sick of eating ice cream working here … and I say not at all with the wonderful products we make |
| 28 | I 'm sorry to report that I behaved rudely at this point . |
| 29 | On the twenty seventh of December 1989 , I woke up at five o'clock . |
| 30 | Yeah and you er I ov I overslept , well I woke up at five and normally I think if I go to sleep now and I sort of get myself awake but today I must of turned over |