Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's given everyone at the club a lift . ’ |
2 | I got nothing at the table right . |
3 | If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette . |
4 | She was , as well , a woman above reproach , avoiding involvement in all intrigues , keeping everyone at a distance and thus surrounded by universal esteem . |
5 | In the words of a single 19-year-old trainee pilot : ‘ In an ideal world you 'd be able to meet someone at a bus-stop , go for a drink , take them home and bonk their brains out — and then go home to your girlfriend for dinner . ’ |
6 | ‘ Excuse me , Dudley , I have to meet someone at the station . ’ |
7 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ shouted someone at the other end of the hut , as a boot bounced off the door just as the Sergeant made his exit . |
8 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
9 | It is not a happy precedent and if Mr Major is to avoid it , he needs somebody at the Treasury who commands confidence , and who deserves it . |
10 | Brian did not like parties , according to Alix , and had expressed fears that he would know nobody at the Headleands ' , but this was not so , for he had already engaged himself with his habitual courtesy with old Sir Anthony . |
11 | The lorry driver , a relief worker from ISC Chemicals in Bristol , came on the wrong day and found nobody at the plant . |
12 | Rangers , though , deserved some fortune because they had enjoyed none at the other end . |
13 | Once again , start with the largest flowers and place one at the top and one at the bottom of the design , and then two staggered in the middle . |
14 | Simon 's heavy tread moved about upstairs and his voice shouted something at a maid . |
15 | He waved and shouted something at the mercer in the street below , then scrambled back onto the ladder again and started to descend . |
16 | The VPP500 system features a series of 1.6 GigaFLOPS vector processors , in parallel configurations of from seven to 222 , offering performances of 11.2 to 355 GFLOPS — the nodes can be added one at a time . |
17 | If anaphors were to be resolved one at a time and left to right , nothing would yet have been done about ‘ him ’ , so the configurational contribution would be missed and reasoning would be inevitable . |
18 | The friend found one at a garage . |
19 | Instead of upholding one at the expense of the other , Bachelard offers the possibility of a deconstructive history which would reinscribe that which had been excluded ; this could also enable a differential history of science and ideology , accounting for the perpetuation of ideology after the production of science . |
20 | You 're eliminating one at a time . |
21 | This suggested they had been attacked one at a time , and taken by surprise , which reinforced the verdict that two and not four men were involved . |
22 | If , unusually , there is no time pressure , the targets can be approached one at a time in order of their relative attractiveness . |
23 | Has anybody at the English F.A . |
24 | Er I should have reminded everybody at the beginning , when you wish when you start to speak , would you please introduce yourself , give your name and who you represent . |
25 | afford nothing at the moment . |
26 | He 'll sacrifice nothing at the expense of quality , knowing that the customer will sacrifice him instantly if the quality of his goods or services is poor . |
27 | Trippy was meeting somebody at a club down at Camden Lock but he could n't remember who or exactly where . |
28 | Now what I 'd like you to do is to select two , I told you I 'd be serious in the last part , the whole is here , is select the two pads you like best , please , and put one at the front of the binder and one at the back . |
29 | Yeah , cos like if you 've got three Ss or something then you put one at the bottom of the pack and keep the card if you 've got an |
30 | He made a birdie at the next , but just missed one at the last and lost by a shot . |