Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was a great pleasure to talk to you at dear Crabb 's breakfast party .
2 The telephone answering machine , and my clients ' willingness to talk to me at unusual hours of the day and night , kept me firmly in touch .
3 I felt the soap operas were raising issues about how you survived and coped in the late eighties that both addressed political issues and also involved me emotionally , whereas nothing about the formal election coverage got to me at all — apart from the Labour Party Political Broadcast , the first one in history to be repeated by popular demand !
4 Their role is to deal with routine business delegated to them at weekly or monthly meetings ;
5 Barn owls have one ear slightly higher than the other , so sound comes to them at two different pitches .
6 She felt the bones give and moved away quickly , coughing now , the smoke getting to her at last .
7 In his triumph the victorious general was supposed to be accompanied by a slave repeating to him at suitable intervals : " Respice post te , hominem te memento " ( Tertull .
8 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 .
9 The only thing given to us at all in that line was every policeman on night duty was given a pint of coffee .
10 The Doctor turned to her at last .
11 ‘ Did the Admiral talk to you at all about your conduct of the wine committee ? ’
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