Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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1 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |
2 | At Billy Graham 's 1961 Maine Road Stadium Crusade , low-level , multi-speaker systems meant that music from choir and instruments was travelling around the stadium electronically and then being ‘ chased ’ by the real sound , with the result that everyone heard everything at least twice . |
3 | ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself . |
4 | One officer suggested behind his hand that I visit him at his home after work , and in exchange for this little attention he would write me a six-month permis de séjour . |
5 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
6 | It was thanks to you all that I humiliated myself at the Harrogate Trade Show . |
7 | And it , it was n't until many years later that I told anyone at all that 's , that 's the thing I was saying about bulimia , it 's very secret . |
8 | I had no idea that what was happening was my body trying to bring itself up to a natural weight rather than the unnatural , low one that I kept it at . |
9 | I told her that I had you at work then yesterday , right , she says oh no another one , right , and ended up |
10 | He sounded so sincere that I forgave him at once in my heart . |
11 | When I came to Macmillan , it was with the greatest difficulty that I telephoned him at all . |
12 | Well as I 've taped that I taped it at home |
13 | ‘ Now that I have you at last you 'll never be away from me again . ’ |
14 | And we saw that in the calculation that I gave you at the end of last week 's lecture . |
15 | All I can say is that someone hit me at about 40 or 50mph up the back as I was turning into the corner . |
16 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
17 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
18 | Two had left so I visited them at home . |
19 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
20 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
21 | In this sense , the definition of standards and routines can be seen as a defensive process : the housewife is defending herself against the allegation that she does nothing at all . |
22 | If it was true what he said , that she kept him at arm 's length , surely there could only be one reason for that ? |
23 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
24 | The only other possibility is that it was never there in the first place — that she left it at home by mistake . ’ |
25 | all the same , that she wants me at home , though she does n't like me , and she could never admit that she might need me … " |
26 | ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ? |
27 | ‘ You wrote that you caught him at his flat just at the time he was leaving the country . ’ |
28 | ‘ I do n't want to spend my time with you , any more than you want me at your side , so the sooner you tell me where Garry is , the sooner we can part company . |
29 | They 're being pumped around the body even faster so therefore that 's going to take hold of the person faster , so you keep them at rest , into recovery position if possible and get help , do n't forget to er collect any evidence of what the poison is , it must go with the casualty . |
30 | So many of you enjoy Dr. D 's column ( we have taken an extract from his latest book this month , page 176 ) that we photographed him at home with his new wife , TV presenter and novelist , Christine Webber , page 8 . |