Example sentences of "at [pron] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said put that finger down and I might tell you , I said do n't point at me David I do n't like being pointed at and Maureen nearly fell over , Maureen stood there , she nearly fell over |
| 2 | Look at me Robert I like them . |
| 3 | When I look down at my feet they look miles away . |
| 4 | Although Fred pretended to be surprised at my earnings I felt sure he knew what was going on all the time . |
| 5 | And when I looked down at my ankle they 'd put this label on me . ’ |
| 6 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
| 7 | Back at my desk I sat thinking about our East End hospitals , now they were out of action . |
| 8 | Looking at my arms I could see that the mosquitoes appeared to have had a field day . |
| 9 | ‘ But since it 's obvious that I do n't have a bloody army at my back you can take me directly to the Countess , or the Sheriff of Gloucester , if he 's here . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But at my back I always hear time 's winged chariot hurrying near . ’ |
| 11 | At my back my trusty longbow My broadsword clanks at my side , My outlaws gallop behind me As into adventure we ride . |
| 12 | When I looked at my watch I was amazed to see that it was well after six . |
| 13 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 14 | I 've racked my brains , but at my age there are precious few left to rack . |
| 15 | I tell myself that , anyhow , at my age it 's more fitting to be self-possessed and reasonable . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ At my age it 's not as though I 'm going to be snapped up at any other club . |
| 17 | The Oscar-winning director joked : ‘ At my age it 's a bugger trying to remember the lines . ’ |
| 18 | This sort of thing was bad enough at eighteen , she thought ; at my age it is ludicrous and humiliating . |
| 19 | ‘ Snow is a fine thing for children , but at my age it looks less pretty . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ At my age I 've got enough to worry about . ’ |
| 21 | There was a brief pause for applause before the great actor/president added : ‘ At my age I 'm delighted to be anywhere . ’ |
| 22 | around the m around the Mansfield =field , and these Children , at School they know far more than I do at my age I think . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , at my age I would have thought one could retire when one felt so inclined , without adverse comment . |
| 24 | I tell you what , you know , at my age I bet you , I think you 'll be wasting your time . |
| 25 | But she vowed : ‘ I 'll show everyone that even at my age you can be a good mother . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ At my age you have to take care of yourself … |
| 27 | You know at my age you recall the first twenty years far better than the second — or the third . |
| 28 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 29 | I had with the permission of the deputy general secretary leave of conference yesterday I was in London to be told of a further nine hundred redundancies from a company that a short time ago was telling us , and if you look at my report you 'll have to delete the first paragraph where they had secured orders and the security of our members ' employment only to be told yesterday , nine hundred will go . |
| 30 | ‘ And I would never rest easy , knowing all that good money was thrown away on show , and to get people drunk at my funeral who owed me money , when I was livin' . |