Example sentences of "[verb] at such " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not put on his sword , for no weapons were permitted at such occasions , though Ratagan had told him a gory tale of a banquet where a certain disagreement had been settled with eating knives , which the victors had subsequently continued eating with . |
| 2 | ‘ But , dear David , ’ she said pitifully , ‘ you ca n't want us interfering at such a moment . |
| 3 | They 'll jump at such an offer ! |
| 4 | What your suffering friend needs at such a time is to have you just listen , not to judge or to find the answer but to offer practical support if necessary . |
| 5 | They were all laughing at such ineptitude when Wainfleet telephoned . |
| 6 | Sceptics may baulk at such an idea , but given the attested presence of such equally implausible-sounding objects as a block of portable eighteenth-century soup ( ex Captain Cook ) , Inuit seal-gut underwear , African cobweb hats and other equally exotic objects , the concept of dressed fleas may seem more acceptable . |
| 7 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |
| 8 | I never once heard her even hint at such a view . |
| 9 | Police powers to control public meetings and the offences that might be committed at such meetings are the principal subject of this book . |
| 10 | I thought it particularly nice of them to write at such length , as I had mistakenly called Roy Griffiths Mister ! |
| 11 | What you say at such a time is also important . |
| 12 | But as I think people always say at such a time as this , it is n't the way you think it is . ’ |
| 13 | " It 's good of you to come at such short notice , very good , " said Willis . |
| 14 | It was good of you to come at such short notice and lucky for me that you had no date for this evening , as you so easily might have done . ’ |
| 15 | Caught at such a weak moment , the client could not help feeling the situation was urgent , and was often more susceptible to persuasion . |
| 16 | Other aspects are looked at such as packaging food and irradiation interactions . |
| 17 | The trees grow at such a rate here that you can hardly even see the sea . ’ |
| 18 | Moreover , short of methods of surveillance which are also not ‘ consistent with liberty and justice ’ it may be impossible to obtain evidence on what transpired at such meetings . |
| 19 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 20 | She was not scrapped and remained at Wroughton where on March 16 , 1956 , she was officially transferred to the RAF 's Historical Aircraft Collection , which at that time was widely dispersed at such locations such as Gaydon and Fulbeck . |
| 21 | Alone on a holiday and trying to come to terms with his grief , he reflects that ‘ the most cruel pain of all occurred at such moments , when I tried to face the still unacceptable fact that I could never tell her anything again . |
| 22 | It perhaps shows the group 's laid back attitude that they were willing to appear at such an unlikely place . |
| 23 | Habsburg representatives at least continued to do this until 1719 ; and the Emperor Charles VI felt it necessary to insist in an article of the treaty of Belgrade which he signed with the sultan in 1739 on the right of his representatives to appear at such audiences in European clothes . |
| 24 | It was unusual for women to appear at such a public occasion . |
| 25 | Had Theodora not been her father 's daughter , and therefore beautifully bred , she might have snorted at such palpable idiocy |
| 26 | Most of the drums only showed the edges of labels , however , being turned at such an angle as to have the label obscured . |
| 27 | Living at such close quarters with them , Anne found herself at odds with the princesses . |
| 28 | Many of Sir Peter 's fellow company chairmen will scoff at such socialist sentiments . |
| 29 | The problem is that the early lists of historic buildings were done at such a pace that they had to be assessed largely on the basis of their exteriors . |
| 30 | Try to keep the fried foods to a minimum , though unlike Western-style frying , it 's done at such a high temperature and so quickly that little fat actually penetrates the food . |