Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ By pushing the boat out unilaterally , ’ says Weir Group 's Ron Garrick , ‘ the Government has put us at a severe disadvantage compared with our German and American counterparts . |
| 5 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 6 | Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage . |
| 7 | For a new act , I would have to pitch them at the right venue for their type of music . |
| 8 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage . |
| 11 | It seems unlikely that William Joyce would not have known it at the same time . |
| 12 | It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage . |
| 13 | The Government will have to defend itself at an international legal inquiry against allegations that the SAS operated a shoot-to-kill policy . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Miss Scrimgeour had received one at the same time . |
| 16 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
| 17 | Rangers , though , deserved some fortune because they had enjoyed none at the other end . |
| 18 | He had gagged for hours following the ordeal , convinced that one of the dog 's hairs had lodged itself at the very back of his throat where his fingers were unable to reach . |
| 19 | She projected a kind of agelessness , which had made her at the same time an object of attention from both the Young Women 's Fitness Class and the Over-50s Club . |
| 20 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 21 | Somehow — it did not seem diplomatic to enquire too deeply just how — he had missed her at the arranged spot . |
| 22 | Having , as a small boy , saved his pocket money to buy his mother a scarf for her birthday , he was sharply told to take it back : he had bought it at a Liberal shop . |
| 23 | ‘ Look , I 've got you at a bad moment , sorry . |
| 24 | There were the two gold and jewelled boxes Müller had sold him at a staggering profit , considering he had bought them from someone facing criminal charges , and desperate for cash . |
| 25 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 26 | Fifty people ( the other thirty had disengaged themselves at the first mention of Dickens ) were now taking tea in the gardens of the Albion Hotel under the shelter of parasols . |
| 27 | Saskia had thrown something at the third and hit it on the head . |
| 28 | They 've tested it at a hundred and thirty five miles done , eh ? |
| 29 | Miss Coldharbour had recruited her at the last moment to help serve supper for Canon Wheeler 's guests who included the Bishop and the Earl of Medewich and Markham . |
| 30 | They 've castrated him at the same time |