Example sentences of "at the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Since she started at the poly she 's been very difficult , ’ said Mrs Khalid .
2 At the nick he found a reception committee from the press .
3 Cambridge also contained a strong ‘ republican ’ group at this time , and while there is no proof that Wordsworth joined them at the University we find that he freely associated with ex-Cambridge liberals after his return from France in 1793 .
4 Since I had been at the university we had seen far less of each other .
5 ( The trouble with that was that so many All Blacks and Springboks and older British Internationals were at the University he would be better advised to wait a year or two . )
6 Before you Arrive at the University you should :
7 Of course at the university you do your rehearsals , but the contact is greater than that .
8 One day when I went to give my language class at the university I found the word maricone ( queer ) chalked in large Gothic letters on the blackboard .
9 At the university I came out from my shell .
10 On my first day at the university I met my teacher , Professor Waldman , who was one of the greatest scientists in the world .
11 At the university I also learned the valuable lesson , not to waste my time playing billiards .
12 As I was quite unable to organise the shop myself and continue with my studies at the university I quickly came to the conclusion that I would have to appoint a temporary manager .
13 Some people have found the level of their pension ‘ frozen ’ at the date they left Britain . )
14 It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe .
15 Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested .
16 the facts known to the employee at the date he received the letter ;
17 Shelley looked at the date she had scribbled on to the surgery diary .
18 Hints at the price we 'd have to pay
19 And if , if we are not spending that money on all this er extra , we could buy the food at the price we should be buying it .
20 Thus Castro was in dire need of a Soviet commitment to preserve his revolution , and in a speech given to the United Nations on 26 September 1960 the Cuban leader may have been hinting at the price he might have been willing to pay when he said , ‘ We understand how terrible the subordination of the economy and life in general of nations to foreign economic power is .
21 He sold it in no time — at the price he originally wanted .
22 Dear at the price I would have thought .
23 It 's a shame because I mean it I think what they 've got is really you know , er er er they 'd be hard put to it to get anything as good really at the price I think .
24 Oh they bag something terrible but then I say at the price I 'm not gon na buy them , I 'm not , but in the Dodger 's there 's not one small in any colour
25 The point you want to arrive at , is getting what you want at the price you can afford .
26 That is the basis of the famous " niche " strategy which means that you secure for yourself a useful market by doing something which the big boys find uneconomical to do at the price you can manage .
27 At the price it is , the sooner I can find a buyer for it the happier I 'll be . ’
28 ‘ If it were sold at the price it needs to be to make a profit it would be a collector 's item , ’ says Peter Osborne , Marlow 's sales and marketing director .
29 Manager Billy Bonds said : ‘ He will be a useful asset and at the price it is not really a gamble . ’
30 But at the price it was on offer I could not refuse .
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