Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I lived at the higher end of the village so my house was not affected . |
| 2 | Eventually I arrived at Number 10 about an hour late . |
| 3 | I 'm sure that when I came out of the room I was staggering , and instinctively I pawed at my mouth . |
| 4 | They were cheap to buy , somewhere I believe at about ten for a penny . |
| 5 | In the games I enjoy , the better I become at them , the more do they come to resemble dream ; and the more does sleep-dream seem familiar , comfortable , homely . |
| 6 | Naturally I jumped at the chance . ’ |
| 7 | But a friend is a friend , and so I went at once to his house . |
| 8 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 9 | ‘ It was worth doing , or so I thought at the time . |
| 10 | As I say , I could have destroyed you , or so I thought at the time , but you 've turned out to be a lot tougher than I had imagined … not vulnerable or confused at all . |
| 11 | She was a real beauty , or so I thought at the time . |
| 12 | So I waited at the ‘ phone and Jean-Luc Ponty rang me , and two days later I auditioned at his house . |
| 13 | ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain . |
| 14 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |
| 15 | I mean , fixed rates are dangerous because once you 've fixed , if interest rates then go up , you 've lost out on your er return and you ca n't get your money out anyway , so I mean at the moment it 's really erm er er very deeply into the cycle of low , of low interest rates . |
| 16 | And so I looked at my uneasy mistress with an anxious and angry eye which she was unable to meet . |
| 17 | So I looked at the two men again . |
| 18 | So I looked at sheet , I said it 's opposite Queen 's Road . |
| 19 | So I go at any time late at night . |
| 20 | So I started at . |
| 21 | Mark Higgins is just 10 and said : ‘ I saw boxing on the TV and loved it so I started at the gym twice a week . |
| 22 | So I stayed at the hostel for four weeks . |
| 23 | Because they had n't , I 'd , they usually say ring after one so I rang at half past one and they 'd emptied all the machines and everything . |
| 24 | So I sat at home here in Haworth , with Aunt Branwell , my son , and the little girl , Anne . |
| 25 | So I believe at one time |
| 26 | So I decided at least I stood there for ten minutes which one should I take ? |
| 27 | I have to warn Professor that there 's more than one party can play that game and if he thinks that it is sensible to run the affairs of this council on deliberate obstructionism on the basis that if you go on long enough you can wear people down then I think it 's unfortunate , it 's bad for this council bad for the people we serve , it does frankly nothing for local government and I ca n't blame central government if it loses patience So I recognise at the end of the day that erm Mr has had troubles with some of his erm er newcomers he obviously needs to re-establish some control over his group . |
| 28 | So I look at my watch and I see it 's nearly midnight . |
| 29 | So I look at Kellard . |
| 30 | So I 'm a bit of a newshound so I look at both of course , see what 's what . |