Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 91 | I suppose we had too much to drink at lunch . |
| 92 | On the other hand , if you fancy a night in , take a closer look at TV pubs with top critic Hilary Kingsley , while following Barrie Pepper 's advice on what to drink at home . |
| 93 | Southerners tend to drink at home . |
| 94 | They were allowed to drink at work ? |
| 95 | I try not to drink at lunchtime . " |
| 96 | It is here that we shall find the explanation for the lively inconsistency of his thinking , masked though it was by the illusion of sweet reason he seemed able to create at will . |
| 97 | Arthur Pridmore , when he did condescend to talk at breakfast , talked with the magisterial authority of head of his family , Mr. Bowlem 's bailiff and People 's warden at the village church . |
| 98 | Western economists tend to talk at length about theory ; the easterners are mainly interested in practice . |
| 99 | Hugo had been perfectly happy to talk at length on the Margie Llewellyn Show about the days when he had played on the streets of the Bronx , and how in this unlikely setting a talent for sketching had developed into an interest in designing clothes . |
| 100 | However , given the readiness of our subjects to talk at length about their drug use , the time limits placed on the research , and the possibility of a number of informants being sentenced and/or convicted before the second interview took place , it quickly became clear that the majority of interviewees would probably be seen only once and that in-depth interviews should be conducted on first contact , if that suited the informant . |
| 101 | ‘ Now Mr Connon , I 'll want to talk at length to you about this , you realize . |
| 102 | He gave Kate and her companions a brooding , sarcastic look before turning away from them to talk at length with Mike and the mechanics . |
| 103 | The figures thus lend support to any intuitive sense we have that the effect of his ordeal in scene six is reflected in his being less willing to talk at length . |
| 104 | The fact that we find fewer performance errors after scene six , coupled with a lesser tendency to talk at length , suggests that he has been shocked out of his absent-mindedness and emerges , at least for the rest of the play 's duration , as a more direct speaker . |
| 105 | Fo for I would like to talk at length about my new electoral role |
| 106 | This is particularly useful for people learning any kind of practical skill — how to assemble delicate instruments , how to apply bandages , how to serve at tennis . |
| 107 | They continue to converse at cross purposes and wonder why their numerous conversations never seem to get anywhere or resolve any disagreement . |
| 108 | Busy mothers ma be particularly glad of an opportunity to listen at home of they find themselves tied to the house . |
| 109 | While carefully weighing a variety of possible portfolio strategies , investors should be able to aim at investment performance that exceeds the TOPIX . |
| 110 | In all cases , transcription was found to initiate at position +1 ( Fig. 2 ) , ruling out the possibility that the decrease in CytR regulation is caused by the introduction of a new promoter . |
| 111 | I had grown more and more tired , energy seeped away and I had begun to sweat at night . |
| 112 | I can drive a tractor , ’ he said , and went on to speculate at length on the possibilities of the English dole . |
| 113 | It is the sea on which to surf at noon , |
| 114 | My proposal asks a great deal of many of you : time , energy , commitment , a willingness to go along with a plan which there is not time to discuss at length , and with ideas which I do n't imagine will win universal approval . |
| 115 | It used to sail at midnight which was handy for connections when you stay there . |
| 116 | In order to arrive off difficult coastlines in daylight we often had to sail at night from the Outer Isles . |
| 117 | To sail at speed , enabling the board to rise up and travel across the water surface rather than pushing the water aside and sailing through it . |
| 118 | As earn outs are based on future performance and are only payable in the future , they enable the purchaser to agree to a price it may not be able to afford at completion and which it will not be obliged to pay unless profits are generated . |
| 119 | In figure 5.1 , AD represents the level of aggregate demand ( rationally ) expected to prevail at time t . |
| 120 | The buyer 's ideal position is to buy at run-of-week or run-of paper rates , but to have sufficient ‘ pull ’ either through the size of the budget or the closeness of the relationship with the media sales agent concerned to achieve good times and positions regardless . |