Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have vomited with fear and had difficulty controlling my breathing at the silent horrors my master described . |
| 2 | I went , reinforced by my experience at the long X-ray session and the fact that nearly a month had transpired since the photos were taken . |
| 3 | It is because of that commitment and my understanding of the values and decent opinions of the Province that I have placed my resignation at the Prime Minister 's disposal . |
| 4 | Disillusion me and get my sympathy at the same time . |
| 5 | President , delegates , when this resolution was drawn up and passed by my branch at the latter part of nineteen ninety two , we understood the text of Chancellor Lamont 's Autumn Statement regarding public sector workers and a ceiling of one point five per cent on pay increases starting in nineteen ninety three . |
| 6 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
| 7 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 8 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 9 | How many responsibilities of a disparate nature did I have to hold in my mind at the same time ? |
| 10 | I know it sounds stupid , but I was trying to do all my sessions at the same speed I was used to at home . |
| 11 | ‘ Strange that , ’ said Bob as he arrived by my side at the front door clutching on to the shop door keys . |
| 12 | Full of beans , I took my seat at the stalled dinner . |
| 13 | In a letter to staff he said : ‘ I have to express my disappointment at the proposed changes . |
| 14 | ‘ I did most of my research at the Public Records Office . |
| 15 | I drank too much in my break at the adjacent Queen 's Hotel and would sometimes share a pint with the night porter on my way home at four in the morning . |
| 16 | On the contrary she roused my indignation at the two conspicuously Christian aunts who had made her childhood in that dark house at Newport miserable . |
| 17 | Today I made a break with habit and tradition , and took my lunch at the New Born Restaurant . |
| 18 | I am sorry that I so rattled the Prime Minister with my question at the previous Prime Minister 's Question Time that he has not come to the House today . |
| 19 | After lunch I recrossed the road to the newsagents , and took my place at the wailing wall of the pornography section . |
| 20 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 21 | He sat next to me and I wrinkled my nose at the sweaty odour emanating from the long , black , food-stained gown he wore . |
| 22 | This being that you cut off my head at the same time . ’ |
| 23 | All my goods at the Golden Turk would be gone by now . |
| 24 | 1869 ] and finish my doctorate at the same time . " |
| 25 | You 'd think with my connections at the National Gallery , Washington , and the Virginia Museum and Yale that I would know more people in the field , but I just do n't . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 27 | It was an intriguing prospect and I was all the more curious why I had found one of his handbills in my chamber at the Golden Turk . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , Monsieur , before I met you in St Paul 's , I found one of your handbills in my chamber at the Golden Turk . |
| 29 | Sadie Stewart from Duncairn Gardens in the west of the city said : ‘ I get my pension at the local post office . |
| 30 | I was terrified out of my wits at the very idea . |