Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is difficult , I think , to overestimate the potential significance of this approach , and we will return to it at several points in this book . |
| 32 | The justification of the invaders , based partly on the doubtful assumption that proximity gave sovereign rights , but more specifically on the claim that the islands had belonged to them at some time in the past , bears comparison with the Zionist claim to Palestine . |
| 33 | I mean what we 've heard that in fact erm they had met in prison , but was that known to you at that time or simply that they were known to each other and that had a record ? |
| 34 | ‘ Anna has n't spoken to me at all , ’ confessed Seb unhappily . |
| 35 | Do n't know , I 've never spoken to him at all , do n't know |
| 36 | Those of us privileged to have spoken to him at some length and to have seen his fascinating family albums would have known of his boyhood tea with Hitler , his Military Medal midstream in some Eastern battlefield and a host of other incidents . |
| 37 | His mother Mrs Alice McGettigan said : ‘ It could happen to anyone at any time . |
| 38 | A serious accident could happen to you at any time today , tomorrow , next year . |
| 39 | He did n't like you , he did n't like you , he did n't take to you at all |
| 40 | If businessmen regard the increase in demand as temporary , they may not respond to it at all : this will be the case if they are generally pessimistic about the future level of economic activity . |
| 41 | The child 's subconscious reaction remains the same and , unless careful understanding is given to him at each stage of his growing up , he will spend the rest of his life in such a way that he reinforces that self-image which tells him that he is not worthy of receiving love . |
| 42 | There are fewer generally accepted criteria about what environmental adaptations are necessary or desirable for pupils with problems in seeing and some debate as to whether any special attention needs to be given to them at all . |
| 43 | The only thing given to us at all in that line was every policeman on night duty was given a pint of coffee . |
| 44 | Never once had she referred to it at all . |
| 45 | Most children learn about epilepsy when they first see their parent having a seizure , and it is vital the condition is fully explained to them at this time . |
| 46 | He was late yesterday , got a brand new vehicle and , yet I mean if , if was getting here at one and yesterday he got to ours at half past eleven , so erm , it was half past eleven that 's right , it was dead on , so erm , erm whatever 's he going to be like when it gets near to Christmas ? |
| 47 | It 's not easy to find words for what the two of them meant to me at that time . |
| 48 | In fact , I do n't see why you have to refer to him at all . |
| 49 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 50 | They can come to me at any time . |
| 51 | Did they come to you at all ? |
| 52 | Sometimes she wished Will would not write to her at all , if he would send no messages to Daniel . |
| 53 | ‘ He was so furious , he hardly spoke to me at all . ’ |
| 54 | You 're talking to it at this very moment , you 're talking it out , you 're talking it down , and you want my help . |
| 55 | I 'm not talking to anyone at all and I certainly do n't want to talk to you ever again . ’ |
| 56 | Yanked above hounds , reverts to nothing at all , |
| 57 | After this she began to hear strange sounds and melodies ‘ that she could not well hear what a man said to her at that time , unless he spoke the louder . |
| 58 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 59 | Elizabeth wrote to me at this time . |
| 60 | Besides , if she did not talk to him at all , ever , then she talked to nobody , unless you counted her communication with Aunt Margaret ; and her loneliness was unbearable . |