Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course er they have about erm well I 'm not sure , about twenty eight or thirty thousand gallons of diesel stocked up there , and of course in them buying it in bulk like that they get it at a cheaper rate . |
| 2 | When faced with that choice this summer , I chose to encourage people to continue to develop computerisation in primary health care rather than simply to reward directly those who did something very valuable — there is no doubt about that , or about the fact that they did it at their own risk — some years ago . |
| 3 | So terrified of doing the wrong thing that they do nothing at all — except bleat like sheep about their petty rules and regulations and their morality . |
| 4 | Moreover , such texts are the more dangerous in that they affect us at a subconscious level . |
| 5 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |
| 6 | ‘ And they said nothing at all ? ’ |
| 7 | And the fitters worked happily in their particular section and they had everything at their disposals you know , more or less er er in the one unit . |
| 8 | So they got him a tent , and they put it at the top of my mum 's garden . |
| 9 | Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril . |
| 10 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |
| 11 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 12 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |
| 13 | Wounded men and prisoners could still have much to fear if they found themselves at the mercy of their opponents . |
| 14 | I therefore decided to abandon what I had planned , because I felt that Faber 's too , despite their initial keenness , would now want another sort of book , if they wanted one at all . |
| 15 | Does that mean they would have if they have it at the ? |
| 16 | Cos they sell it at Cleethorpes market with little pot pou pure , yeah them . |
| 17 | Just like they taught us at college . |
| 18 | Right , now , well they do n't do , but they do them at , now what do you want , do you want to have a look at the erm , green |
| 19 | He 'd survived where they had eliminated some of his followers because they took him at his own estimation , a man of the cloth . |
| 20 | Consequently the women get it in preference to the men , because they take it at lower rates " . |
| 21 | Because they do it at home . |
| 22 | And with Robert Jones — another triumphant Lion of '89 — the ace in the Welsh scheme , Australia are in for the biggest examination of their status since they acquired it at Twickenham last year . |
| 23 | But especially when they put them at the end of a sentence where they should be putting a full stop . |
| 24 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
| 25 | when they had it at |
| 26 | But when they teach it at school that 's wrong . |
| 27 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 28 | The best kept secret of this election may be that poll tax collectors plan a massive drive to catch those who have failed to register for poll tax , or those who have registered but failed to pay it , when they present themselves at the polling booths tomorrow . |
| 29 | ‘ Leeds were on top of their game when they thrashed us at Hillsborough in January , ’ said defender Nigel Worthington . |
| 30 | The Business Plan goes back with the letter because they will require a copy of the business plan so that they when they see you at three , six , twelve and eighteen months |