Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is the European Commission 's insistence that abolition of border controls means what it says : come next year , there must be no passport or customs control whatever at Dover . |
| 2 | Gen Noreiga said last Friday that Panama considered itself at war with the US so long as American aggression against Panamanians continued . |
| 3 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 4 | The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career . |
| 5 | There was no organized campaigning throughout that year , and Sir Thomas Gray , who took a dim view of the conduct of the war , complained that Edward did nothing at Antwerp except ‘ jousting and leading a jolly life ’ . |
| 6 | Theodore 's reconciliation with Wilfrid took place in the context of Caedwalla 's dramatic ascendancy in southern England and if it is true that he expressed the wish that Wilfrid succeed him at Canterbury ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 43 ) this may have been in recognition of Caedwalla 's new regime with which Wilfrid was associated . |
| 7 | Immediately , he began trying to predict Simon 's responses , to work out ways of soothing him , of flattering him , of making him laugh , anything that might defuse that aggression or at least make sure that Simon directed it at someone else . |
| 8 | Cambridge also contained a strong ‘ republican ’ group at this time , and while there is no proof that Wordsworth joined them at the University we find that he freely associated with ex-Cambridge liberals after his return from France in 1793 . |
| 9 | So it was with no plans for the future that Troy found himself at Greenhill fair , dangerously close to Weatherbury . |
| 10 | " His father says that Lorrimer rang him at a quarter to nine . |
| 11 | ‘ I insisted that Müller contact you at once . |
| 12 | Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them . |
| 13 | Merlin was soon known for his fantastic mechanical automata , and it is not inconceivable that Tylney met him at one of the many masquerades then all the rage in London . |
| 14 | Neither Marxism Today , Socialist Review nor Tribune had anything at all to say about the programme . |
| 15 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 16 | Perhaps the answer is that Puddephat killed himself at the flat ? ’ |
| 17 | Gradually it passed ; the great wave ebbed , and she became aware of Fand and Liban climbing shakily back to their feet , and Fincara screaming something at them . |
| 18 | They were helpless , and Medoc had them at his mercy . |
| 19 | Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool . |
| 20 | Mona and Sheila met her at Dublin Airport and the three sisters drove to Great Meadow in Mona 's car . |
| 21 | Ewshot fought back in the second half and Murphy , despite an injury to his nose , covered acres of ground in both attack and defence to keep them at bay . |
| 22 | We acted , sang , danced — hoping always for temperate weather , dreading the sudden heat waves which lost us audiences as surely as rain and snow kept them at home — burlesques with preposterous titles ( Very Little Hamlet , The Vicar of Wideawakefield ) , comedies , farces . |
| 23 | Inevitably , he bowled relentlessly on , never looked like getting anywhere , and the last four wickets put on 183 as Marshall , Harper and Holding enjoyed themselves at almost five an over . |
| 24 | Josie waved toward the refrigerator and Lucy took her at her word , beginning with a plate of leftover ham . |
| 25 | They were part of Japan until Russia occupied them at the end of the second world war , and the Japanese feel they are justified in wanting them back . |
| 26 | They 'll shatter if Suragai pulls it at full stretch . ’ |
| 27 | The next tunnel forked , turned left , turned right again , and other tunnels led off from it ; and Fand led them at an even pace along a course that seemed to have no sense . |
| 28 | McEllhoney was surprised , unprepared for the confrontation and Dobson sensed it at once . |
| 29 | Rich and Syb met me at the station . |
| 30 | Er Webb , Webb missed the first one blasted it over the top and Giggs missed one at the end . |