Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent that Sunday at Littlehampton ; on the Monday I dined at one of George 's clubs — ’ |
| 2 | Some hours later , after a torrential thunderstorm , the wriggling foot , that had been kicking in very strange places , finally broke through and I soke at five in the morning with a warm , wet feeling . |
| 3 | The climb continued by Knarlton hoot to Hudson Quarry , where wild sage was growing thickly amongst the limestone and grass , until I came at last to the rougher pasture below Hazely . |
| 4 | I messed at first with Harry Phillimore , who was to become a lifelong friend . |
| 5 | I look at each of them . |
| 6 | But Mala did insist , with some steeliness , that I look at some of the data . |
| 7 | I look at this from a point of view electioneering . |
| 8 | So I 'm a bit of a newshound so I look at both of course , see what 's what . |
| 9 | Moving with no clear sense of direction , I arrived at last at a wooden hut , set in a clearing in the forest which covered that part of the mountain . |
| 10 | I arrived at 9.30 for the 10 o'clock appointment . |
| 11 | As a matter of fact er yes I , I , I joined at sixteen on the union , when I was a , a kid and er I 've always believed in it and I encourage others to do the same . |
| 12 | When I returned at twenty past three |
| 13 | Would I preside at one of these meetings ? |
| 14 | ‘ I feel at one with my surroundings there , it 's hard to explain , you experience a quasi-religious experience down there . ’ |
| 15 | I started at half past six and I worked until two o'clock in the morning . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But despite how I felt at first about myself when I lost my leg , I have n't really had that many problems with boyfriends . |
| 18 | When I visited the museum , I looked at all of the chairs and was given permission to handle and try them for comfort . |
| 19 | I looked at some of it . |
| 20 | Oh I went at half past nine this morning . |
| 21 | You built a little plan , that if I leave at ten past eight , I miss that traffic , or I , whatever it is that you do n't often plan till the holidays , but after a while it stopped being a decision making process . |
| 22 | ‘ If they 're easy trousers , I can do maybe 30 pairs a day , as long as I start at eight in the morning and finish at eight at night . |
| 23 | no , I start at half past three |
| 24 | you know what I did at four in the nursery ? |
| 25 | I come at last to the case against conventionalism . |
| 26 | I paused at one of the few spots where a bright streak of light fell across the boards and , as she approached , said : ‘ Ah , Miss Kenton . ’ |
| 27 | I left at twenty to eight . |
| 28 | I left at ten to two . |
| 29 | You see in British Steel we we have seventy thousand deferred pensioners and er it is a group of people that I feel extremely sorry for , because er in nineteen eighty-six British Steel introduced into their pension scheme while it was still in the public sector , retirement at sixty where with a pension credit spaced on length of service , so if you had thirty-five years service in , you could retire at sixty as if you were sixty-five and there was nothing done at all for deferred pensioners and in certainly our submission to British Steel for seeking improvements , we we asked that they er they look at deferred pensioner with a view to paying their pensions at sixty , recognising that it was a very high-class plane that might have to be er achieved in stages . |
| 30 | Ferris took the decision to abandon the aircraft , which crashed at 1205 at Oxborough , Norfolk . |