Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone involved at this period put in time and effort far beyond what might have been predicted . |
| 2 | I gazed at this scene thinking that of all of the things I wanted when I was grown up , the one I wanted most was to play a harmonium . |
| 3 | I met at this time a number of adopted children , and realised that the problems we all faced were similar , whatever the child 's colour happened to be . |
| 4 | People like ex-British Airways captain Derek Ellis whom I met at Kerikeri airfield . |
| 5 | When I passed at this point MacArthur said perhaps I would like to hear his summary as a soldier and as no businessman or textile expert . |
| 6 | I trembled at that nakedness and read : |
| 7 | ‘ I encountered at first hand the sufferings of un-dernourished children and out-of-work ironstone miners and their impoverished families , ’ he writes . |
| 8 | Because I just fixed my mortgage for four years with the Halifax , and it 's a total gamble fixing mortgages , by the way , if we , you know , because I do n't know where interest rates are going to go , but I , I fixed at seven point seven five percent for four years . |
| 9 | And I noticed at one point in the discussion , this was queried by H B F. I think they feared that we would n't at that stage we 'd be opening up free for all of the kind which we 've obviously been seeking to avoid thus far . |
| 10 | And when I arrived at this party , she is totally unsubtle and sometimes very rude , you know , and er |
| 11 | ‘ I gave myself two years to win promotion when I arrived at Ayresome Park last summer . |
| 12 | I happened at that time to be a Council member , and I was therefore able to point out that Bondi 's listing of observational errors were all taken from well-attested literature . |
| 13 | John and I rebelled at this kind of regimentation but Andrew and Ernest just smiled and said nothing . |
| 14 | When I knocked at another door , it was opened by a tall , thin man , with long , dirty hair hanging down to his shoulders . |
| 15 | What I discovered at this point , was that they , my Thai co-workers , also expected me to be the teacher for this newly organised project ! |
| 16 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 17 | The bedding which I observed at first hand in 1954 in the peasant community of Pul Eliya was nothing like as grand as the stereotype ; but , apart from some minor differences , it had all the same elements and for the most part they occurred in just the same sequence . |
| 18 | I glanced at Lili thinking that she must know and would somehow reveal what was disturbing him . |
| 19 | I could partly understand Sally 's comments because I heard at second hand from Jack Mason about the bickering that went on between manufacturers and the players ' agents about contracts . |
| 20 | Catherine Turnbull , Magdalene Avenue , Carrville , Durham : I worked at that time on public transport , Durham and district . |
| 21 | I worked at one time for a man who was incredibly able at doing his job , apparently effortlessly . |
| 22 | I decided at that point to begin using the detachment technique ( see p.26 ) . |
| 23 | I decided at that moment that I 'd had enough . ’ |
| 24 | The last thing I needed at that time was pity . |
| 25 | He dealt very little with guitar techniques and almost entirely with musicality and musical ideas , which is what I needed at that stage . |
| 26 | Now as I say , I started at that price and I used to have to help in the warehouse , in the packing and so forth , and then if there was any parcels to go into Nottingham I used to have to deliver them , by hand . |
| 27 | I started at one corner and I went right across and came off at the other corner , and I did n't go back . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | And , Francis was frank in the reasons for the substitution when he said : ‘ I felt at that moment something different was needed . |
| 30 | I felt at that point if I did n't tell her she was going to find out anyway . |