Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , if a couple are not married , the surviving partner receives nothing at all under the Intestacy Rules . |
| 2 | Other sketchbooks contain swift pencil notations which correspond to oil paintings , although it is not entirely clear what function they served and whether Monet consulted them at any later stage in the evolution of his compositions . |
| 3 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 4 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 5 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 7 | Very good of you to see me at such short notice . ’ |
| 8 | They did n't want me at this party , but because I AM , fang and claw I have grapple-hooked their smooth cliffs , and have the right to stalk these wooded cliffs , lap at their abundant streams . |
| 9 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 10 | Israeli children eat these pancakes during Hanukkah in December but you can make them at any time of the year . |
| 11 | As they moved from one high-ceilinged panelled room to the next , signs of disorder and decay met them at each open door . |
| 12 | Looking back on the decision a few years later , he interpreted it in these terms : " What I wanted was some counterweight to my changeable and restless inclinations , a science that could be pursued with cool impartiality , with cold logic , with regular work , without its results touching me at all deeply . " |
| 13 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 14 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 15 | Now you know the rules , set a good example to other drivers by using them at all times ; who knows , they may even copy your driving style and do it right too ! |
| 16 | Fear of side effects prevent a further 25 to 33 per cent using them at all . |
| 17 | ‘ You should n't be eating them at all . |
| 18 | The interpretation of what remains as historical evidence is after all fundamental to the historians craft , but the deliberate preservation of historical source materials in the absence of context ( or worse still the failure to preserve them at all ) surely does little justice to the society in which we live . |
| 19 | And my answer always was that I could not expect too much when I expected nothing at all for I never thought that anyone whom I could love , would stoop to love ME . |
| 20 | Well if they actually took the time to explain to you what went into those sausages , you probably would n't eat them at all , would you ? |
| 21 | Eadmer inserted them at this point into his Historia Novorum . |
| 22 | All received reduced winter wages with eleven given nothing at all . |
| 23 | Even if someone believes the most secure and pernicious lies , he will not be able to help himself from doubting them at some time . |
| 24 | It 's this terrible pseudo-rational nagging by just carrying on normally , as if she were n't nagging me at all . |
| 25 | And Fleischmann received a fax from Harwell and learned that they were seeing nothing at all . |
| 26 | Similarly , we could postulate some alien being capable of seeing nothing at all in the range of wavelengths we call ‘ light ’ but able to see a whole range of colours in the ultraviolet or infrared . |
| 27 | Males have brightly striped fringes and flash them at each other when displaying during combat . |
| 28 | Prof Chris Turner , professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences , Stirling University , made his at this week 's Children 's Panels conference at Peebles : |
| 29 | I do n't know I mean er maybe these are minute but whether you should explore them at that moment in time I mean only experience will tell . |
| 30 | Their value is 200 GCs if sold to a collector ; non-collectors wo n't buy them at any price . |