Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I certainly feel like celebrat ing my painting at the moment — I have n't done any for weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm really enjoying my game at the moment , because it 's been a top end to the season for us , ’ he enthused . |
| 3 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 4 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I felt dreadful about it , and one morning I went to see my godfather at the Admiralty and begged him to get me into the Navy . |
| 6 | The limit to which the RCM was prepared to go in this matter was revealed in March 1939 , when Grunpeter was told that his salary was to be held to £2 a week , a sum ‘ which will make it impossible to continue my work at the camp as resident minister ’ . |
| 7 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 8 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 9 | I made my entry at the end of the song . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 12 | I discharged my responsibility at the court , and that is that . |
| 13 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 14 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 15 | The modern veterinary surgeon does not see nearly as many cases of distemper as we used to , simply because most people immunize their puppies at the earliest possible moment . |
| 16 | WHILE Swansea maintained their position at the head of the Heineken League 's Division One with a comfortable 23–4 win over bottom club Maesteg , Llanelli stayed in touch , one point behind , by beating Cardiff 22–6 . |
| 17 | ‘ To meet her couturier at the Hilton . |
| 18 | Racing cyclists generally like to meet their fans at the beginning of a stage , but do n't ask for autographs today . |
| 19 | After Adelaide , Bodyline was not exploited with quite the same intensity , but the crowds retained their fury at the mere sight of a ‘ bumper ’ . |
| 20 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 21 | She did not resist , but narrowed her eyes at the children . |
| 22 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 23 | Mikhail Gorbachev got his hands on a Montego when he visited its home at the Cowley assembly plant in Oxford 7 years ago , just before taking office at Soviet leader . |
| 24 | The shadow social security secretary , Donald Dewar , and Labour 's Scottish affairs spokesman , Henry McLeish , described their anger at the worsening situation when unveiling a rolling campaign aimed at highlighting the rising level of poverty across Scotland . |
| 25 | In addition , the GEMMs , IDBs and SEMBs report their positions at the close of each day to the Bank of England , which analyses them and provides a risk assessment by the next day , although the Bank also takes other broad factors into consideration for its supervisory functions . |
| 26 | Among the painted sculptures from the first decade of his activity as an abstract artist are ‘ Midday ’ ( 1960 , MOMA , New York ) , ) , ‘ Prairie ’ ( 1967 , NGA , Washington ) and ‘ Early One Morning ’ ( 1962 ) which the Tate Gallery was persuaded to loan only after Caro had agreed to supervise its restoration at the end of the exhibition . |
| 27 | But luck had come her way at the very last moment . |
| 28 | She jerked her head at the boy and he went over and turned the knob . |
| 29 | She jerked her chin at the box of letters . |
| 30 | Expect his team to group around the yellow jersey , lots of nervousness and shoving in the peloton , while adventurous riders test their strength at the front . |