Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 3 | And we saw that in the calculation that I gave you at the end of last week 's lecture . |
| 4 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 5 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 6 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
| 7 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ? |
| 9 | Our horses had more sense and refused to go further so we stabled them at a local inn where we satisfied our hunger on a dish of fish cooked over charcoal before making our way up to the castle . |
| 10 | The tired horse faced a journey of at least twenty miles across heavy country so he kept her at a sedate trot . |
| 11 | ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 . |
| 12 | One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put . |
| 13 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 14 | I , cos I saw her at a quarter past nine so |
| 15 | Perhaps it would be best if you left me at the cottage and went back to London . |
| 16 | But then if you did it at the stage before , before it gets into the Scottish Theatre Guide you can then make your dates available or you can agree your dates and you can get publicity and that at home . |
| 17 | ‘ The dining suite is Regency and we bought it at an auction in Bournemouth , ’ says Pauline . |
| 18 | There was a small gap in the fence that was unaffected by the pile-up and we approached it at a forty-five degree angle . |
| 19 | Whether you choose a chateau hotel or stay in stately homes where families take in guests , splendour is the word and we found it at the majestic Chateau de Noirieux in Briollay , Anjou . |
| 20 | He knew that after shooting the second eight foot fall we would be free-falling thirty-feet onto a sloping rock shelf covered with a six inch sheet of tonnes and tonnes of the River Tees rushing over it every second ; hopefully ( if we hit it at the correct angle ) we would follow this shoot a further twenty five feet into the plunge pool at the bottom of the fall . |
| 21 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |
| 22 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 23 | But he either could n't or would n't understand , and he left it at the back . |
| 24 | And er also many engineers when they were out their time , they went to Glasgow and for a few years , he , everybody who went from Galashiels , word got through to him and he met them at the station and got them settled in their digs in Glasgow . |
| 25 | And he shook her at the end of each question . |
| 26 | Luib took the practice sword from him with a nod , and he joined them at the edge of the field . |
| 27 | That was his word , and it struck me at the time that it was extreme language for a man of his temperament . |
| 28 | ‘ Because ‘ e 's my mate , and it annoyed me at the time to see ‘ im get ahead of me . ’ |
| 29 | He was glad to let the subject drop and they drove in silence until he left her at the gate of Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 30 | Not if he arranged it at the most awkward time of the year ? a little voice rejoined . |