Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beams are reflected at M 1 ( M 2 ) , return , recombine coherently at M again , and are detected by a photosensitive device . |
| 2 | In the Gaza Strip , hundreds of women held a sit in at Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City and in Khan Yunis . |
| 3 | Most conductors just sit down at that point and , beyond making sure that the orchestra kept up with the stage , leave the music to its own devices . |
| 4 | Brandy , meat and bread and cheese were distributed and he rode round the encampment raising his hat in response to the men 's cheers and delivering an admirably concise address : ‘ My brave boys , we have one march more and then all our labour is at an end ; sit down at your tent doors and be alert to take up your arms . ’ |
| 5 | Guests are often late and rarely sit down at the table on time . |
| 6 | Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine ! |
| 7 | Go on , sit down at once ! ’ ’ |
| 8 | He was pestering people at the bar , trying to butt into their conversations or sit down at their tables and behaving — as far as people who did not know he was ill were concerned — like an archetypal northern wally . |
| 9 | The temptation and the suspense novel , a book in which a high degree of identification both from intellectual curiosity and emotional involvement is necessary for the writer as much as the reader , is to catch hold of some intriguing initial situation , sit down at the typewriter and go racing ahead from there . |
| 10 | Please sit down at the table . |
| 11 | I sit down at this desk with a ledger . |
| 12 | I sit down at my desk and write a letter of accusations to Crilly . |
| 13 | There 's plenty here , so if you clean yourself up and sit down at the table I 'll put something out for you too . |
| 14 | And there 's another sort of things now that we do n't hear is when you sit down at the table to eat erm they 're probably the most the hostess would say now would be , Help yourself . |
| 15 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 16 | Mark and Babur sit together at the head of the bed , holding hands , looking stunned . |
| 17 | I do intend to er to attend inaugural meetings with each of the C P O s er with a view to looking I mean obviously at some stages you said to me that I would probably have to attend at short notice |
| 18 | Er but I mean basically at the end of the day , I mean you have to think about to what extent you can increase your sales . |
| 19 | His grandparents usually chip in at this point . |
| 20 | A few checks will soon show which tags ( if any ) connect together at each position of the switch . |
| 21 | In such circumstances national courts of all levels remain entirely at liberty to bring a matter before the European Court if they consider it appropriate to do so . |
| 22 | Great heads with green , multi-faceted eyes peer down at her . |
| 23 | Doctors from ethnic minorities predominate in at least two of our chosen specialties ( psychiatry and geriatric medicine ) — reflecting these specialties ' comparative unpopularity — and the proportion of such doctors is much greater in district general hospitals than in teaching hospitals . |
| 24 | Ankles remain together at all times and feet should be over the knees . |
| 25 | Mangroves are trees that grow right at the edge of the sea , held and nourished through characteristic prop roots that grip the soft mud . |
| 26 | First , the flowers themselves should be suitable for pressing — there is no point in offering to press someone 's wedding flowers when their bouquet consists of , say , chrysanthemums , pale carnations , large daisies or gerberas , since none of these flowers press successfully at all . |
| 27 | ‘ And that 's why it 's vitally important we retaliate right at the start . ’ |
| 28 | Even if you only cook properly at weekends , it is something , and you must not neglect your health by eating processed foods all the time or by skipping meals altogether . |
| 29 | Their eyesight is remarkable in poor light , so they hunt mostly at dawn and dusk . |
| 30 | The men sleep together at one end of the dwelling , on a raised ledge covered with more clean straw which , of course , must be brought with them . |