Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
| 2 | It was awful , he spoke so awkwardly , he always has to say things in a roundabout way , he always has to justify himself at the same time . |
| 3 | As for their laying the birch on my pocket , I compute that my support of Lewis and Brzeska has cost me at the lowest estimate about £20 per year , from one source alone since that regrettable occurrence , since I dared to discern a great sculptor and a great painter in the midst of England 's artistic desolaton . |
| 4 | ‘ Story of my life , ’ he growls when a red declines to go into a pocket for the simple reason that he has hit it at the wrong angle . |
| 5 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 6 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 7 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 8 | We hope to see you at the grand final in London . |
| 9 | They prepared to launch themselves at the waiting cordon of brawnier , no longer jeering , senior cadets . |
| 10 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 11 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 12 | They were almost shouting at one another , and both seemed to realise it at the same time . |
| 13 | Once dormant , however , their metabolism slows down so much that the pineal is virtually switched off , and how they manage to rouse themselves at the correct time remains a mystery . |
| 14 | Muscles yes , you 've got to er if you 're going to build power into muscles you 've got to , you 've got to give the load to those particular muscles and you 've got to do it at the right load . |
| 15 | As well as receiving your letters , we like to meet you at the Royal Show , reader workshops and garden visits . |
| 16 | Moses , for instance , was a whimpering mass of inferiority as God began to commission him at the burning bush . |
| 17 | For a new act , I would have to pitch them at the right venue for their type of music . |
| 18 | Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against . |
| 19 | It seems unlikely that William Joyce would not have known it at the same time . |
| 20 | He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking . |
| 21 | You can knit row one at the usual cast-on tension , but I prefer to increase the tension to three on one of the carriages . |
| 22 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
| 23 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 24 | Many are offered in garden centres and shops , loose or prepacked , from February onwards , but care must be taken to plant them at the right time or thy may fail . |
| 25 | If you continue working , say for an additional five years , your pension will then be 45 per cent higher than if you had started taking it at the normal age . |
| 26 | But I ca n't afford to get it at the same time anyway cos he he wo n't be down |
| 27 | If the purchaser himself intends to dispose subsequently of these assets he will prefer to have acquired them at the higher base cost to minimise capital gains or corporation tax on a subsequent disposal . |
| 28 | Miss Scrimgeour had received one at the same time . |
| 29 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
| 30 | Using a small amount of bleach to clean lavatories probably wo n't do any harm , but avoid using it at the same time as other materials ; dangerous chlorine could be released . |