Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been more willing than other historians to accept at face value his retrospective remark of 1824 : " The branch who broke the frames never contemplated any such thing as the combining . " |
| 2 | Adoption can be seen as the logical answer to infertility , but as Brebner et al ( 1985 ) point out , if medical investigations/treatment for infertility fail and are performed without adequate psychological support , the subsequent depression and disappointment can cause couples to jump at adoption without recognising those aspects of parenthood which are peculiar to adoptive parenthood , which include : having to be assessed and monitored ; absence of pregnancy and birth ; becoming attached to a child born to someone else ; having to tell the child he or she is adopted . |
| 3 | Its artistic and administrative directors were government puppets , the building became shabby , and the audience , never one to leap at innovation , became increasingly sluggish . |
| 4 | We agreed to meet at school the following week . |
| 5 | Oh yes , we used to meet at top of the yard . |
| 6 | Fiona looked at the seating plan and said to meet at table six . |
| 7 | Mahmoud had a case that morning in the Mixed Tribunals and Owen wanted to send a letter to England so they agreed to meet at noon at the Post Office . |
| 8 | But so strung up , his trophies ; Anton 's underpants , that — and this a man to swoon at blood ? — it might be the merest scratch . |
| 9 | Darlington Civic Theatre THE Heather Brothers ' musical knew how to pull at heart strings of those who have felt first love . |
| 10 | It was becoming harder to write at home with various thoughtless interruptions from Gina . |
| 11 | I first started to write at school and I 'd charge a few pence for each story — you should have seen what I was writing for the girls . |
| 12 | Eventually teachers were able to shake themselves free of the legal requirement to supervise at lunchtime , though the responsibility tor the good management of the school during the break still remains with the headteacher . |
| 13 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 14 | The final two Ipswich cases were somewhat exceptional : one was a woman who was very difficult to find at home ; she was also being helped by two neighbours of whose motives the development officer and others in the psychogeriatric team , were suspicious . |
| 15 | Right Copse Corner what would you expect to find at Copse Corner ? |
| 16 | Before the water reached his knees he knew without a shadow of doubt that he would never be able to stand at waist depth . |
| 17 | She will be doomed to stand at bay , |
| 18 | To suggest that Jesus may actually have been King of the Jews , is not , therefore , to stand at variance with the evidence . |
| 19 | It is merely to stand at variance with a long established tradition — a long established system of beliefs based ultimately on someone 's speculative interpretation . |
| 20 | For instance , it would be wrong to reconsider the Taylor Report because some fans say they prefer to stand at football matches and there is a likelihood that less wealthy clubs will be forced out of business . |
| 21 | Leave the melons to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes and then cut into quarters , lengthways . |
| 22 | Add about 5 ml of fixative and allow the suspension to stand at room temperature for about 1 h . |
| 23 | The pellet was allowed to stand at room temperature for 15 minutes to allow binding to occur and unbound 51-chromium was then removed by washing with 0.9% saline . |
| 24 | This mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature for 15 minutes . |
| 25 | She talks all the time and craves company — something her family were simply unable to provide at home . |
| 26 | She would n't give any explanation , so I assumed it was to collect a present that was too big to hide at home , like a bike or something . |
| 27 | Once he has completed the tour of personal appearances which will take him to Newcastle , Leeds , Birmingham , Manchester and Cardiff , Lewis will , as usual , retreat to the mountains in Pennsylvania to train at altitude , play chess for recreation and focus his mind on performing the not inconsiderable feat of silencing King through the removal of his client . |
| 28 | John 's pupils continued to train at Lime Grove . |
| 29 | You have to work at thrift . |
| 30 | And er one of the daughters used to work at Lane , Ah , that 's it . |