Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten . |
| 2 | It MIGHT make them tired at the end of the season — but the confidence they would gain would more than compensate . |
| 3 | The militants are split between degrees of intransigence , which could make them vulnerable at the polls . |
| 4 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
| 5 | ‘ We investigated , as we are obliged to , but found nothing wrong at the club . ’ |
| 6 | Town beat them 3-1 at the County Ground in October . |
| 7 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 8 | At first sight , this seems to be an attractive move : holding hearings behind closed doors has led to accusations that the Institute is protecting its own at the expense of the public interest . |
| 9 | Agnes found herself surprised at the change in the gentleman 's voice as he looked at her father and said , ‘ Oh , yes , yes . |
| 10 | Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees . |
| 11 | It 's a challenge all the more remarkable for the fact that not so long ago jetting off on holiday made her weak at the knees … |
| 12 | Nigel had once made himself unpopular at the office by writing in his column that women past thirty should shoot themselves . |
| 13 | She knew she was n't looking her best at the moment , but they looked the type to know quality when they saw it she thought , as she fluttered he awnings at them , colourless now , tattered and torn by the wind . |
| 14 | Did they give you any at the shelter ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Now — I 've decided we should do something special at the club . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm meeting him later at the disco after his work . ’ |
| 17 | Er the perceiving people do n't , it does n't worry them very much , they 'll do it all at the last minute and get it sorted out somehow . |
| 18 | However , Ada had made it clear at the first round of talks that the commission had no power to negotiate changes , which had to be approved by referendum . |
| 19 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |
| 20 | Blanche asked whether Nicola 's husband had seen anything suspicious at the party . |
| 21 | Folk will think you eccentric at the very least . ’ |
| 22 | In fact , only one serious relationship lay behind her , with a Wellington actor who read news bulletins in order to eat , and it had died owing to lack of feeling , disappointing them both at the time , but Maria had philosophically absorbed the lesson at the heart of the sad experience . |
| 23 | she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you could n't see them and things like that , I said well you wo n't get builders doing that |
| 24 | The watering hole that 's got them foaming at the mouth . |
| 25 | After the Nuuk meeting Danish Environment Minister Svend Auken declared himself disappointed at the " lack of political will " to tackle the problem . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll see you two at the party , no doubt ? ’ she said to Robert and Jane . |
| 27 | I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight . |
| 28 | Wan na keep wan na keep mine short at the back now . |
| 29 | The bloody ones always left a livid mark on his sallow skin , and Slender Billy particularly wanted to look his best at the Duchess of Richmond 's ball . |
| 30 | Although environmentalists declared themselves disappointed at the outcome of the meeting , they acknowledged that substantial progress towards some form of comprehensive protection for Antarctica 's environment had been achieved . |