Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] at the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , we both like pizzas , but to dream about them at the same time , and he 's screaming out in his sleep , get me a pizza |
| 2 | The issue , the point I 'm trying to make is that in talking for all of the bodies , whether I 'm talking about for the council or whether I 'm talking about them at the same time or separately , one thing I 'm not doing is talking from my point of view . |
| 3 | Brussels sprouts , baked potatoes , grated cheese , the variation of vegetables in the summer , a tin of vegetarian steak pudding on Sundays and a piece of fruit afterwards is a monotonous but healthy diet , and I ca n't think of many cheaper ways to feed two children and feel you 're doing your best for them at the same time . |
| 4 | My wife still knows a person born shortly after her at the same maternity hospital . |
| 5 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 6 | His real advantage comes from being proficient in all of them at the same time , and this is a much rarer ability . |
| 7 | I said if yo if you think you know that you might be able to build a relationship I said then er you know , tell her so I said and do n't try and run the both of them at the same time I said |
| 8 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 9 | She held her breath for a moment and then the tears and the breath burst out of her at the same time . |
| 10 | With the bit of paper in one hand and the keys in the other , he held his arms straight out in front of him at the same height . |
| 11 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You plug it in when you go away and it switches on the light for you at the same time every evening , and switches it off too . |
| 13 | Western attention was mostly directed towards the Kurds , who rose up against him at the same time , but the greater threat to Saddam and the heavier loss of life was Shiite , Not Kurdish . |
| 14 | The famous Tiller discretion was instilled into them at the same time as their routines and with equal thoroughness . |
| 15 | His eyelashes concealed his eyes in that secret , almost coy way he had and she was suddenly dreadfully frightened and angry with him at the same time . |
| 16 | The Precision in a way is too middly , but the thing about the Jazz is that you can get more top and bottom from it at the same time , and that 's the sound I like . |
| 17 | And me feeling so angry with her , and sorry for her at the same time . |
| 18 | For she would carry on with her chores and talk to them at the same time . |
| 19 | Exactly the same thing happened to me at the same stage when I was pregnant . ’ |
| 20 | These ledgers can be easily subdivided , enabling several clerks to work on them at the same time and it is also easier to withdraw old accounts and insert new ones in their place . |
| 21 | A copy of the report must also be sent to him at the same time that it is sent to the Secretary of State , and he then has twenty-one days in which to decide whether he will ask for a review board to examine the whole matter in public . |
| 22 | A year later to the day he had proposed to her at the same table . |
| 23 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 24 | It became clear that he was heading east towards Zamora in the opposite direction to us at the same level after takeoff from Porto , and fully occupied flying his aeroplane — he did not respond to the controller 's requests for position reports or estimates . |
| 25 | To and fro , weaving , sometimes tied back to the point , moving from point to point , guided by Jennifer , each woman deeply involved with the dual effort of formulating an opinion and arguing for it at the same time . |
| 26 | Zach told her his age , which was nine , and spelt out his name , apologizing for it at the same time . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , you know , like he says he was coming up to you — this is the way I look at it — coming up to ask you to lend , say , a lawnmower , right — this is when he 's no drunk , ordinary sober , you know — and he 'll be walking up to you and thinking about it at the same time . |
| 28 | ‘ Here , ’ she says thickly , handing me a joint while she rolls the ice cube round in her mouth and tries to breathe through it at the same time . |
| 29 | The waiter , a cocky Italian who flicked his buttocks at her at the least opportunity , eyed her patronisingly and made attempts to chat her up in feeble English . |
| 30 | The head man could get bitten , the tail man could get doused with noisome excreta — and if they both missed their grasp , then the middle man got both bad ends of the snake coming back at him at the same time . |