Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [indef pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 2 | Similarly , as the hand wanders in a doodle , the mind is free to concentrate on something at the back of it : in this case , the ideas just put before the children . |
| 3 | I know I have been but I ca n't think of one at the moment |
| 4 | No I ca n't think of anybody at the moment . |
| 5 | What point in having , I suppose it 's my fault , I should have read these erm , bits added to it more carefully earlier , but it does n't seem to have anything in their about anybody who is actually claiming a carer 's allowance from looking after somebody at the time , and whether we should have a phrase in there that it does n't include anybody that is collecting from the D S S S or anything else for a carer 's allowance anyway , because you do n't want to double pay anybody . |
| 6 | ‘ Jackie ca n't speak to anyone at the moment . |
| 7 | I 'm going to talk to somebody at the shop — the sister if possible . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then one evening this down-to-earth painter from Harrow got down from his ladder to talk to someone at the end of the passage . |
| 9 | This was not fully comprehended by everyone at the time , although Macmillan and the Treasury recognized it . |
| 10 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
| 11 | She could imagine what would be said if she arrived with one at the house in Newcastle Place . |
| 12 | The police would like to hear from anyone at the dance who may have seen the incident . |
| 13 | If the effect of the new issue was to value PCI at $150 million , which would be very modest by American valuations of telecommunications companies , given that it has 12 to 13 million potential subscribers , it would mean Pittencrieff 's oil and gas interests would effectively be valued at nothing at the company 's current market capitalisation of just under £100 million . |
| 14 | Actually that was n't sung by anyone at the game on Saturday . |
| 15 | Because of Hooke 's law , when a material is strained the stress in it varies from nothing at the beginning of the operation up to a maximum at the final strain . |
| 16 | He nodded towards Thomas , who had wandered off to squat down on the terrace and poke at something at the foot of the vines . |
| 17 | I could have had a contract to compare favourably with any offered to anyone at the club . |
| 18 | Mike just a point of information I have been teaching in Harlow for twenty years and I 've never been asked by anybody at the playhouse what play 's who 's like to see in my school . |
| 19 | I ca n't confide in anyone at the plant . |
| 20 | And indeed within the greenbelt there are a number of settlements which we are sitting in one at the moment . |
| 21 | As he later admitted in an interview with CA Magazine , ‘ I said to someone at the time , I never again want to conduct a debate lasting three years without once being able to raise my voice ’ . |
| 22 | The old man nodded briefly , chewing on something at the side of his mouth . |
| 23 | U-turns , at least , imply a conscious act of steering by someone at the wheel . |
| 24 | He was well liked by everyone at the club |
| 25 | He was well liked by everyone at the club |
| 26 | He was well liked by everyone at the club |
| 27 | He was well liked by everyone at the club |
| 28 | ‘ Stay with her as much as they 'll let you — do n't worry about anything at the office — I 'm sure Rourke will take care of whatever crops up . ’ |
| 29 | And nobody Even the church I mean I know the church ca n't agree on anything at the moment , we 're sitting here just down the road of course , the general synod of the church of whatsit and the archbishop of thingummybob is sitting there over their muesli and cornflakes I should imagine at the moment , or a late brunch , erm n not saying anything . |