Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay silently , expecting my grandfather to materialize in front of my eyes at any moment . |
| 2 | I could try and describe to you the expression in my eyes at this moment ; but they are far too discoloured with rage . |
| 3 | I wrote to my parents at that address for the next three years . |
| 4 | No , the presence of my parents at any gig does n't guarantee a feeling of ease , because my mother is very critical of what I do , particularly anything outside a classical genre . |
| 5 | I must have poured out my troubles at such length , and he must have put to me a sufficient number of searching questions , that , before we had drawn breath , the afternoon was already far advanced . |
| 6 | It is merely my desire that you complete your studies and take up a form of employ that may be useful for my purposes at some time in the future . |
| 7 | As I made clear to my officers at that briefing , I expected — and received — the very highest standards of policing , sensitivity and courtesy . |
| 8 | gripping and of interest but at the same time my priorities at this moment |
| 9 | My dreams at that time were rather disturbed . |
| 10 | But it was out of my hands at that stage . |
| 11 | My teammates at some time or other included Robert Powell , Leslie Crowther , Steve Davis , Leslie Thomas , John Conteh , Nicholas Parsons , Willie Rushton and Barry Cryer . |
| 12 | You can imagine my thoughts at this stage . |
| 13 | I may say I was almost as nervous as any of my students at this point . |
| 14 | This gave MPs an opportunity to express their views at some length . |
| 15 | Does he also recall the attitude of some Opposition politicians and , indeed , many local councillors in Norwich who actively opposed NATO and its policies at that time ? |
| 16 | ( One formed the impression that the Government was genuinely anxious about the precariousness of its policies at this time and was afraid that determined opponents might be able to sabotage these policies by questioning them through the news media . ) |
| 17 | Their discussions at all levels had been friendly and useful . |
| 18 | This is likely to be resisted by the investors on the basis that they may not be aware of the full import of their investigations at this stage . |
| 19 | Environment Minister Hans Alders plans to introduce " life-cycle management " , wherein manufacturers will be responsible for their products at all stages , including transporting , sorting , recycling and remarketing . |
| 20 | Liefmans plan to impress potential customers with their products at this month 's Innovate 91 exhibition in London where they will have a stand in the ‘ Real Ale Village ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're playing for their futures at this club , ’ he said . |
| 22 | When families like those in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett hold on to their houses at all costs , it is only to discover that their houses hold on to them . |
| 23 | Black figures stirred and poked their heads at each other like rooks in a rookery . |
| 24 | If she had cashed in her units at that day 's prices , just two of 102 ‘ UK general ’ trusts recorded by Finstat ( a Financial Times subsidiary ) would have given her back 100% or more of the money she put in a year earlier . |
| 25 | They flash their eyes at each other so much you 'd think they were rehearsing a scene from Carmen . |
| 26 | He enjoyed the fury , not always speechless , of the good Conservatives who occasionally had to stand in the corridor , popping their eyes at this spectacle of enthroned privilege . |
| 27 | The curators of the grand US museums like the Metropolitan look down their noses at these shows , but the citizens of Memphis are pleased as can be , because before WONDERS they just felt out in the boondocks . |
| 28 | In the Post Office while I was trying to phone Prague , Irena was getting free phone calls in exchange for correcting a German text for the manager , and when we went to a bookshop she had a friend who sold her books at half price . |
| 29 | But not everyone wants to mix purely with their peers at this age any more than at any other . |
| 30 | Old people who took in their grandchildren at such moments might have few resources and little space themselves . |