Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Tuesday night , however , my Private Secretary , Steve Godber , rang me at a dinner to tell me that at the eleventh hour Nigel Lawson had put round a minute which sought to reopen the whole issue of the replacement for SERPS . |
| 2 | ‘ You could have told me that at the very beginning , and put a stop to the whole thing right then . |
| 3 | Roebuck positioned and braced himself and at the precise moment drove his shoulder into Shelford 's midriff , stopped him instantaneously , before driving him into the Onewa Domain turf . |
| 4 | I should be grateful if you would , in accordance with the confidentiality undertaking , now return the Information memorandum to me and at the same time confirm in writing that you and your advisers have destroyed any further copies of the documentation . |
| 5 | As American supplies could only effectively reach the British , the American economy became heavily involved with that of the Allies , benefiting them and at the same time making considerable profits for American businessmen . |
| 6 | As a codicil to this I should tell you that at the same time in another part of the camp , the National Union of Miners were holding some sort of conference themselves . |
| 7 | He will need help , of course , other agents or what have you and at the appropriate moment you arrest the lot . ’ |
| 8 | But I ca n't explain it , it 's as if the devil himself is down there , and there 's this horrible smell that chokes you and at the same time you get the feeling that something evil is lying in wait for you . |
| 9 | The MPRP needs to improve itself and at the same time if new parties are formed for the interest of the people and the country , they should be competing on equal terms . " |
| 10 | Then the hand got higher and the grip tighter and suddenly Sally was not looking at me but at the old lady in the chair and saying sharply : ‘ Mrs Cody ! |
| 11 | The cut may be made with little or no apparent awareness , the patient suddenly discovering that she has cut herself and at the same time experiencing a sense of relief . |
| 12 | A military-bureaucratic oligarchy is functional to the needs of a state which requires a degree of autonomy from class interests in order to mediate between them while at the same time preserving capitalism as the dominant mode of production and private property as a fundamental institution . |
| 13 | … must nine warriors , having nine spears , with a ten furrows ' Width between them and him , assail him and at the same time let fly at him . |
| 14 | She hit her and at the same time as she hit her she virtually came to a er , a stop because of the fact she wa she started to brake as soon as she saw the the children appear er , but ne never the less contact was made but thankfully for her and for the child the the contact was a a at no significant speed , the child was just knocked off her feet and she got up and waved to Mrs and said I 'm alright and she ran off and she was away before Mrs had time , even to undo her safety belt to get out of the car . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 16 | How is it that at the British yarn show held recently in Leicester the chairman of Benson Turner , a firm of spinners in my constituency and an efficient and well-organised company , complained that the Department of Trade and Industry shows inertia and indifference when the industry submits complaints about illegal subsidies and dumping ? |
| 17 | The thought patterns allow me to erm put down what I wanted to talk about , expand on it and at the same time break it down into areas and on the other and spend some time on each area . |
| 18 | Evelyn was gazing at it and at the eager face above the frilly collar , but whether in rapture or disbelief Sam could not tell . |
| 19 | On leaving Powell Street he had lit a cigarette and within seconds a disembodied voice was booming at him to extinguish it and at the next station put it out the door on to the track . |
| 20 | Roger , Terry and David , er need to take this away , have a look at it and at the next meeting we either then draw some conclusions and again what I 'm looking for |
| 21 | It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master . |
| 22 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 23 | But I mean , er you can see the , you can see the point of that and and presumably , yes , there must be lots of very wealthy people who who er , just get the child benefit and hardly notice it but at the same time , could n't we means test the old age pension ? |
| 24 | His mouth closed over hers and at the same time his body abruptly demanded entry . |
| 25 | Many diptera bask in sunlight inside flowers , warming themselves and at the same time facilitating pollination ; hordes settle on conspicuous dark or bright surfaces when air temperatures are low , and beetles collect on sunny patches of ground that are sheltered from wind , indicating a constant need for warming . |
| 26 | By the time I started to react there was no time to do anything except at the instinctive level . |
| 27 | The giant database operator is extremely unforthcoming , but it 's hard to keep these things quiet and our spies tell us that at the last count — which was about a year ago , it was a three-way split between IBM Corp , down to one 3090-300S and one 3090-200 , Amdahl Corp with a 5990-1400 and two 5990-1400As , and Hitachi Data Systems Inc with three EX/100s ; at the time , there were also 350 of IBM 's disgraced RT Unix boxes , and 21 IBM System/88 fault-tolerant machines . |
| 28 | We will certainly keep you informed of our progress but I do n't expect to be able to send you anything until at the earliest some time while you are in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | May the MEDAU SOCIETY continue to blossom , grow and stay alive — it is an example for us and at the same time an inspiration to continue our work for the benefit of people everyone . |