Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |
| 3 | The tired horse faced a journey of at least twenty miles across heavy country so he kept her at a sedate trot . |
| 4 | I , cos I saw her at a quarter past nine so |
| 5 | Another accident we had with an a wardrobe two of my lads had which was a funny one in retrospect but I some when you carry a wardrobe , funnily enough , the easiest way often if you 've got a tight corner , you know as you go round a corner in a staircase you 'll come from a landing and often turn right or turn left to go down , if you put it at an angle like that then you wo n't get it round the corner without catching the bannister . |
| 6 | My results were received with general disbelief when I announced them at a conference near Oxford . |
| 7 | Unless we study villages , hamlets and farmsteads as dynamic , changing , developing entities , we will miss the significance of the form and function of them when we see them at a particular date . |
| 8 | He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie . |
| 9 | He remained an active supporter of CND , boasted that his daughter had been conceived on an Aldermaston march , and had once horrified Margaret Thatcher by wearing his CND badge when he met her at a gathering of northern business people . |
| 10 | The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting . |